赤贫如洗

Traditional form:

赤貧如洗

Pinyin (reading):

chìpínrúxǐ

Definitions:

• without two nickels to rub together (idiom)
• impoverished

Characters:

• 赤 - red, scarlet; blushing; bare, naked
• 贫 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 洗 - to bathe, to rinse, to wash

Traditional characters:

• 赤 - red, scarlet; blushing; bare, naked
• 貧 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 洗 - to bathe, to rinse, to wash