家徒四壁
Traditional form:
家徒四壁
Pinyin (reading):
jiātúsìbì
Definitions:
- lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
- fig. very poor
- wretched
Characters:
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
- 徒 - disciple, follower; only, merely; in vain
- 四 - four
- 壁 - partition, wall; rampart
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