"家徒四壁" meaning in 漢語

See 家徒四壁 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kaː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ sei̯³³ pɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA]
Etymology: 出自《史記·司馬相如列傳》:
  1. 形容家境極為貧困 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-家徒四壁-zh-phrase-~57GdUVx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "name": "帶「四」的漢語詞",
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      "name": "帶「壁」的漢語詞",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「家」的漢語詞",
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「徒」的漢語詞",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "ref": "《史記》,司馬遷,約公元前91年",
      "roman": "Wénjūn yè wángbēn Xiàngrú, Xiàngrú nǎi yǔ chí guī Chéngdū. Jiājū tú sìbì lì.",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "文君夜亡奔相如,相如乃與馳歸成都。家居徒四壁立。",
      "translation": "卓文君連夜私奔到司馬相如處,司馬相如就和她一起趕快回到成都。家中只有四面牆壁立著,其他什麼也沒有。"
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        "Classical-Chinese",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "文君夜亡奔相如,相如乃与驰归成都。家居徒四壁立。",
      "translation": "卓文君連夜私奔到司馬相如處,司馬相如就和她一起趕快回到成都。家中只有四面牆壁立著,其他什麼也沒有。"
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  "etymology_text": "出自《史記·司馬相如列傳》:",
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "家中只剩下四周的牆壁",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
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      "glosses": [
        "形容家境極為貧困"
      ],
      "id": "zh-家徒四壁-zh-phrase-~57GdUVx",
      "tags": [
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "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",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзятусыби"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik¹"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gā tòuh sei bīk"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ga¹ tou⁴ séi³ big¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ sei̯³³ pɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "家徒四壁"
}
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    "官話詞元",
    "帶「四」的漢語詞",
    "帶「壁」的漢語詞",
    "帶「家」的漢語詞",
    "帶「徒」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有引文的文言文詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
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      "ref": "《史記》,司馬遷,約公元前91年",
      "roman": "Wénjūn yè wángbēn Xiàngrú, Xiàngrú nǎi yǔ chí guī Chéngdū. Jiājū tú sìbì lì.",
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      "text": "文君夜亡奔相如,相如乃與馳歸成都。家居徒四壁立。",
      "translation": "卓文君連夜私奔到司馬相如處,司馬相如就和她一起趕快回到成都。家中只有四面牆壁立著,其他什麼也沒有。"
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      "ref": "《史記》,司馬遷,約公元前91年",
      "roman": "Wénjūn yè wángbēn Xiàngrú, Xiàngrú nǎi yǔ chí guī Chéngdū. Jiājū tú sìbì lì.",
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
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      "text": "文君夜亡奔相如,相如乃与驰归成都。家居徒四壁立。",
      "translation": "卓文君連夜私奔到司馬相如處,司馬相如就和她一起趕快回到成都。家中只有四面牆壁立著,其他什麼也沒有。"
    }
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  "literal_meaning": "家中只剩下四周的牆壁",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "形容家境極為貧困"
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        "Pinyin"
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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",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзятусыби"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gā tòuh sei bīk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaa¹ tou⁴ sei³ bik⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ga¹ tou⁴ séi³ big¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ sei̯³³ pɪk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
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  ],
  "word": "家徒四壁"
}

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