not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
trad. 貧無立錐之地
Also written 貧無立錐之地【pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì】
Characters in this word
6贫
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poor, inadequate, deficient, garrulous
- Pinyin
- pín
- Traditional
- 貧
- Strokes
- 8
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
立
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surname Li
- Pinyin
- Lì
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 10031 of 2500
锥
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cone, awl, to bore
- Pinyin
- zhuī
- Traditional
- 錐
- Strokes
- 13
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 of 2500