very poor

very poor

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī NGP í NR ú x ǐ, which means very poor. It comes from Mr. SHIMENG, a chronicle of Jinchuan, written by Li Xinheng in Qing Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Poor as if washed with water, nothing. Poverty means having nothing.

The origin of Idioms

Li Xinheng in Qing Dynasty wrote "Mr. SHIMENG in Jinchuan: he was so poor that he didn't think he was buried. Gong was the manager of his funeral, and he paid for the travel expenses."