汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 家徒四壁
家徒四壁
lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched
There are only four walls in the house / Described as very poor, with nothing
家里只有四堵墙。形容十分贫穷。也说家徒壁立。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

多年来为了给孩子治病,家里已经是家徒四壁

In order to treat their children for many years, the family is utterly destitute.

“这是一个堆积垃圾的地方,”简·罗伯茨说。他住在M49家徒四壁的简陋棚子里。

"It's a dumping place," said Jane Roberts, who lives in the sparsely furnished structure known as M49.

要是一位家徒四壁的母亲无力抚养自己的孩子,那么是不是贫穷使她“被迫送走孩子”的呢?

Is a mother who cannot afford to feed her child forced into relinquishment by poverty?

家徒四壁,房屋破旧,不能遮风蔽日。穿的是粗布短衣,破破烂烂的,打了不少补丁,箪、瓢也常常空着,却能安然自乐。

He is contented to live in his unfurnished house which cannot shelter him from wind and sun, to be dressed in ragged clothes and to see the empty baskets and gourds.