一贫如洗

一貧如洗
yīpínrúxǐ
penniless

CEDICT

poor as a church mouse; penniless

Wiktionary

形容一无所有，十分贫穷。

重編國語辭典

形容一无所有，十分贫穷

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
2 贫 pín
  1. poor
  2. inadequate
  3. deficient
  4. garrulous
3 如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
4 洗 xǐ
  1. to wash; to bathe
  2. to develop (photographs)
  3. to shuffle (cards etc)
  4. to erase (a recording)

Related entries

不名一文 bùmíngyīwén
  1. without a penny to one's name
  2. penniless
  3. stony-broke
家贫如洗 jiāpínrúxǐ
  1. extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
  2. penniless
  3. poor as church mice
光光 guāngguāng
  1. bright
  2. shiny
  3. smooth
  4. naked
  5. bald
  6. penniless