become destitute and homeless

become destitute and homeless

Displacement is a Chinese idiom pronounced Li ú L í sh ī Su ǒ. Exile: to leave home without a certain place to live; Lost: to lose a place to settle down.

It means no place to live and wander. It comes from the biography of Xue Guangde in the history of Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

There is no place to settle down and roam around. In the famine, the common people either run away from home or wait to starve to death. Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Vol.2, chapter 28

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Xue Guangde in the history of Han Dynasty, it is said that "when I saw the destitute people in Guandong, the people were in exile."