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English translation for "一贫如洗"

[ yīpínrúxǐ ] 
(as) poor as job; be destitute of; be desperately poor; be in utter destitution; be (down) on one's uppers; be reduced to a state of poverty; be reduced to dire poverty; live in dire poverty; not a feather to fly with; not have a shirt to one's back; own nothing but one's naked skin; penniless; poor and bare to the bones; poor as a church mouse; poverty-stricken; so very poor as though everything has been washed away by a flood; be stripped bare

Related Translations:
他一贫如洗:  he is as poor as a church mouse. inadequate
生活一贫如洗:  live in complete destitution
一贫如洗的人:  a church mouse
摆脱一贫如洗的状态:  rise out of abject poverty
我一贫如洗找不到自己:  out of self respect, i'm out of bread
Example Sentences:
1.He is as poor as a church mouse .
一贫如洗
2.I have absolutely no money .
一贫如洗
3.Here am i living from hand to moutha needy adventure .
我这里只能勉强糊口当一个一贫如洗的冒险者。
4.I am flat broke .
一贫如洗
5.When we are isolated and poor, we are not infrequently forgotten .
当我们一贫如洗,离群索居的时候,往往是没人想到我们的。
6.Even when he was out at elbows and at his wits, end for money he kept up a bold face .
即使到了一贫如洗,一筹莫展的地步,他也满不在乎。
7.Word reached the ex-banker-butcher that an unpaid depositor was seriously ill and his wife and children were penniless .
这位开过银行的屠夫听说,有位债主存户身染重病,妻室一贫如洗
8.You might be takin ' me to the cleaners for all i know
你可能会让我一贫如洗
9.After a day at the races i was left stony broke
一天赛马会下来,我一贫如洗
10.You are aware his widow has been left a pauper
您知道他的遗孀现在一贫如洗
Similar Words:
"一瞥间" English translation, "一瞥见及之量" English translation, "一瞥日报" English translation, "一瞥之间" English translation, "一拼到底" English translation, "一贫如洗;家徒四壁" English translation, "一贫如洗的人" English translation, "一品" English translation, "一品毒望月剑" English translation, "一品夫人" English translation