衣不蔽体 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. clothes not covering the body
• fig. poverty-stricken

Character by character

• 衣yīcloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 蔽bìto cover, to hide, to shelter
• 体tǐbody; group, class; form, style, system

Idioms sharing a character

• 天衣无缝 tiān yī wú fèng
• 宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí
• 牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì
• 白衣苍狗 bái yī cāng gǒu
• 相体裁衣 xiàng tǐ cái yī
• 节衣缩食 jié yī suō shí
• 缩衣节食 suō yī jié shí
• 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ
• 衣冠禽兽 yī guān qín shòu
• 衣单食薄 yī dān shí bó

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