家贫如洗

Traditional form:

家貧如洗

Pinyin (reading):

jiāpínrúxǐ

Definitions:

• extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
• penniless
• poor as church mice

Characters:

• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 贫 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 洗 - to bathe, to rinse, to wash

Traditional characters:

• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 貧 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 洗 - to bathe, to rinse, to wash