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贫无立锥

pín wú lì zhuī

4-character word Traditional 貧無立錐

What 贫无立锥 means

1. not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute

The characters in 贫无立锥

• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 锥zhuīcone; awl; to bore

Words starting with 贫无立锥

• 贫无立锥之地pín wú lì zhuī zhī dìnot even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute