家徒四壁 in Chinese

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "there is nothing in the house except four bare walls",
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        "(figurative) very poor; wretched"
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiātúsìbì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik¹"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiātúsìbì"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiatúsìhbì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chia¹-tʻu²-ssŭ⁴-pi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyā-tú-sz̀-bì"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiatwusyhbih"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjatusybi",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзятусыби"
    },
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik¹"
    },
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gā tòuh sei bīk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik⁷"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ga¹ tou⁴ séi³ big¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ sei̯³³ pɪk̚⁵/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "家徒四壁"
}

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  "literal_meaning": "there is nothing in the house except four bare walls",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 壁",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 家",
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      "zh_pron": "jiātúsìbì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiātúsìbì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiatúsìhbì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chia¹-tʻu²-ssŭ⁴-pi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyā-tú-sz̀-bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiatwusyhbih"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjatusybi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзятусыби"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gā tòuh sei bīk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ga¹ tou⁴ séi³ big¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ sei̯³³ pɪk̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "家徒四壁"
}

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"家徒四壁" meaning in Chinese

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