家贫如洗 — Chinese idiom
家贫如洗
jiā pín rú xǐ
Traditional: 家貧如洗
Meaning
- extreme poverty ; destitute
- penniless
- poor as church mice
Character by character
- 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
- 贫pínpoor, needy, impoverished; lacking
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 洗xǐto bathe, to rinse, to wash
Idioms sharing a character
- 事怕行家 shì pà háng jiā
- 人给家足 rén jǐ jiā zú
- 保家卫国 bǎo jiā wèi guó
- 倾家荡产 qīng jiā dàng chǎn
- 兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì
- 冤家对头 yuān jiā duì tóu
- 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi
- 千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù
- 半路出家 bàn lù chū jiā
- 丧家之犬 sàng jiā zhī quǎn
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