Dictionary · Google Translate · Help

家徒四壁

家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched
家 jiā used in 家伙 and 家俱
家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个
 徒 Tú surname Tu
 徒 tú (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 骗徒 "swindler" or 叛徒 "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare; empty / (bound form) to no avail; in vain / (bound form) merely; just; only / (bound form) prison sentence
  四 sì four / 4
   壁 bì wall / rampart
<< go back
Dictionary · Google Translate · Help
By MDBG 2026