家贫如洗

家贫如洗	jiā pín rú xǐ	extreme poverty (idiom); destitute / penniless / poor as church mice
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
贫	pín	poor / inadequate / deficient / garrulous
如	rú	as / as if / such as
洗	xǐ	to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording)
洗	xiǎn	used in 洗马