家徒四壁
家徒四壁
jiā tú sì bì
lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom); fig. very poor; wretched
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- (idiom) lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
- fig. very poor
- wretched
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Related Words
四壁萧然(sì bì xiāo rán)— four bare walls
→一枝独秀(yī zhī dú xiù)— lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
→四谛(sì dì)— the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道
→一板三眼(yī bǎn sān yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
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