贫无立锥

Traditional form:

貧無立錐

Pinyin (reading):

pínwúlìzhuī

Definitions:

• not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute

Characters:

• 贫 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 锥 - gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore

Traditional characters:

• 貧 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 錐 - gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore