门可罗雀

門可羅雀
ménkěluóquè
  1. lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom)
  2. fig. completely deserted

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to have few visitors or customers
  2. to have few visitors or customers

Wiktionary

汉朝翟公官居廷尉时宾客盈门，失官后门前冷落，可张网捕雀。见《史记．卷一二○．汲黯传》。后用来形容做官的人从拥有权势到离开政治中心后门庭冷落、宾客稀少的景况。也作「门可罗爵」、「门可张罗」、「门前雀罗」。

重編國語辭典

泛指一般来客稀少、门庭冷清的景况

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 门 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: 扇, 個
2 可 kě
  1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
  2. to approve; to permit
  3. to suit
  4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
  5. but; however
3 罗 luó
  1. gauze
  2. to collect
  3. to gather
  4. to catch
  5. to sift
4 雀 què
  1. (bound form) small bird
  2. sparrow
  3. also pr. qiǎo