家贫如洗

家貧如洗
jiāpínrúxǐ
  1. extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
  2. penniless
  3. poor as church mice

CEDICT

家裡穷得像水洗过，一无所有。形容家境极为贫穷。

重編國語辭典

形容家境极为贫穷

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 家贫 jiāpín
  1. (literary) to come from a poor family
  2. to come from a poor family
2 如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
3 洗 xǐ
  1. to wash; to bathe
  2. to develop (photographs)
  3. to shuffle (cards etc)
  4. to erase (a recording)

Related entries

一贫如洗 yīpínrúxǐ penniless
不名一文 bùmíngyīwén
  1. without a penny to one's name
  2. penniless
  3. stony-broke
光光 guāngguāng
  1. bright
  2. shiny
  3. smooth
  4. naked
  5. bald
  6. penniless