Lingaku- lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
- fig. very poor
- wretched
Generated definitions (experimental)
- very poor
- wretched
This idiom describes a situation where someone is extremely impoverished, lacking not only material possessions but also basic comforts associated with a home.
Their home is bare and has no furniture at all.
In this city, many people live in extreme poverty.
This meaning conveys a sense of deep suffering or misery, often in a physical or emotional state due to a lack of resources.
He lives in hardship and feels extremely wretched.
Generated collocations (experimental)
jiā tú sì bì家徒四壁to live in povertytā他jiā tú sì bì家徒四壁his family is impoverishedjiā tú sì bì家徒四壁de的shēng huó生活a life of destitutionjiā tú sì bì家徒四壁de的yàng zi样子the appearance of being destituteGuō过zhāo着jiā tú sì bì家徒四壁de的rì zi日子living a life of extreme povertyjiā tú sì bì家徒四壁，hán suān寒酸dù rì度日living a meager existence with just bare wallszài在jiā tú sì bì家徒四壁de的huán jìng环境Zhōng中chéng zhǎng成长growing up in an environment of stark povertyjiā tú sì bì家徒四壁de的chǎng jǐng场景a scene of utter destitutionjiā tú sì bì家徒四壁wú yī wú kào无依无靠without support and living in povertyjiā tú sì bì家徒四壁，xīn zhōng心中wú无jù惧fearless despite living in poverty