Characters

• 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
• 贫 (貧): poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous
• 如 (如): as; as if; such as
• 洗 (洗): to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)

Resources

• Wiktionary: 一贫如洗
• MDBG: 一贫如洗
• Examples with 一贫如洗 on Tatoeba

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