Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「貧無立錐」, with more below.
Discover the idiom 「貧無立錐」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
They were so poor that there wasn’t even a place small enough to stick an awl.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
pín wú lì zhuī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
pan4 mou4 lap6 jeui1
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
