一无所有 (一無所有)
yī wú suǒ yǒu
Pinyin

Definition

一无所有 (一無所有)
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yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. without two sticks to rub together

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
有
yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 there is
  3. 3 there are
  4. 4 to exist
  5. 5 to be
没有
méi yǒu
  1. 1 haven't
  2. 2 hasn't
  3. 3 doesn't exist
  4. 4 to not have
  5. 5 to not be

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

人人都来巴结我和我的家人，朝我点头哈腰。我说一，没人敢说二。但没过多久就开始打仗了。朝廷没了，皇上也没了，一夜之间我就变得一无所有了。
rénrén dōu lái bājie wǒ hé wǒ de jiārén ，cháo wǒ diǎntóu hāyāo 。wǒ shuō yī ，méi rén gǎn shuō èr 。dàn méi guò duō jiǔ jiù kāishǐ dǎzhàng le 。cháotíng méi le ，huángshàng yě méi le ，yīyèzhījiān wǒ jiù biàn de yīwúsuǒyǒu le 。
Everybody came and fawned on my family and I, bowing and scraping. I would say 'one' and no one dared say 'two'. However, not long after, the war began. The imperial court was no more, the emperor was gone and in one night's time I didn't have a thing in the world.
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