one 's family was reduced to absolute destitution(jiā pín rú xǐ)

one 's family was reduced to absolute destitution

The Chinese idiom, Ji ā P í NR ú x ǐ, means that the family is as poor as water. Describe extreme poverty. It comes from the first fold of "waiting for guests with haircut" by Qin Jianfu in Yuan Dynasty.

Idiom usage

His mother pitied for his young, and she was so sad that she wanted to die that she was entitled to be in charge of the government, so that he could return to the old servant for half a year. After the funeral. Pu Songling's Liao Zhai Zhi Yi Ren Xiu in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

The first fold of the book "waiting for guests with a haircut" written by Qin Jianfu in Yuan Dynasty: "he did not study Confucianism when he was young, read poetry and books, and boasted that his family was poor."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: family is destitute and destitute

Chinese PinYin : jiā pín rú xǐ