as poor as if everything had been washed clean

as poor as if everything had been washed clean

The Chinese idiom, CH ì P í NR ú x ǐ, means to describe extreme poverty. From the sages on Wu Maoqing.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 31 of the scholars written by Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty: "the old man has two sons and four grandchildren, and his family is still as poor as ever."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: nothing, nothing, family standing on the wall

Idiom usage

"When I first lived in Zhijie street, I was as poor as a child, and I had no food or clothing in ancient times."