Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

家徒四壁

jiātúsìbì

ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄅㄧˋ

  1. 1lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
  2. 2fig. very poor
  3. 3wretched

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