be shabby in dress(duǎn hè chuān jié)

be shabby in dress

Pinyin is Du ǎ NH è Chu ā NJI é, which means to describe ragged clothes. From the biography of Mr. Wuliu.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Mr. Wuliu written by Tao Qian of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "the short brown and tangled, the bamboo ladle is often empty, so is Yan Ru."

Idiom usage

It refers to poverty.

Chinese PinYin : duǎn hè chuān jié