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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 家徒四壁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì - lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
- fig. very poor
- wretched

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 54,583 68,720 61,654

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiā- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]
- surname Tu
- disciple; apprentice; believer
- on foot
- bare; empty
- to no avail
- only
- prison sentence
- four
- 4
- wall
- rampart

Other Words Containing 家徒四壁

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
家徒四壁 - - 54,583 68,720 61,654