不名一文

bùmíngyīwén
  1. without a penny to one's name
  2. penniless
  3. stony-broke

CEDICT

penniless; broke

Wiktionary

一文钱都没有，比喻极为贫穷。参见「不名一钱」条。

重編國語辭典

一文不名(yīwénbùmíng)之同义词

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
2 名 míng
  1. name
  2. noun (part of speech)
  3. place (e.g. among winners)
  4. famous
  5. classifier for people
3 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
4 文 wén
  1. language
  2. culture
  3. writing
  4. formal
  5. literary
  6. gentle
  7. (old) classifier for coins
  8. Kangxi radical 67

Related entries

一贫如洗 yīpínrúxǐ penniless
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