囊空如洗 — Chinese idiom
囊空如洗
náng kōng rú xǐ
Meaning
- penniless; broke
Character by character
- 囊nángbag, purse, sack; to pocket, to stow
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 洗xǐto bathe, to rinse, to wash
Idioms sharing a character
- 倾囊相授 qīng náng xiāng shòu
- 囊中取物 náng zhōng qǔ wù
- 慷慨解囊 kāng kǎi jiě náng
- 探囊取物 tàn náng qǔ wù
- 酒囊饭袋 jiǔ náng fàn dài
- 锦囊妙计 jǐn náng miào jì
- 鼓鼓囊囊 gǔ gu nāng nāng
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 人去楼空 rén qù lóu kōng
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