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
- 穷 (窮): poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- 二 (二): two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 白 (白): surname Bai
Resources
- Wiktionary: 一穷二白
- MDBG: 一穷二白
- Examples with 一穷二白 on Tatoeba
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