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家贫如洗
jiā pín rú xǐ
What 家贫如洗 means
- extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
- penniless
- poor as church mice
The characters in 家贫如洗
- 家jiāused in 家伙
- 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
- 如rúas; as if; such as
- 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
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