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贫无立锥之地

pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì

6-character word Traditional 貧無立錐之地

What 贫无立锥之地 means

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

The characters in 贫无立锥之地

• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 锥zhuīcone; awl; to bore
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 地dìearth; ground; field

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