家徒四壁
Chinese
- home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
apprentice; disciple four walls; from every direction simp. and trad.
(家徒四壁)家 徒 四壁 Literally: “the house only has four bare walls”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
家徒四壁
- (figuratively) very poor; wretched