無殼蝸牛 wú ké wō niú

fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house

Characters

Character Meaning
無 wú
not; no; not to have
殼 ké
shell; also pr. ké; crust (earth's crust etc)
蝸 wō
snail; see 蜗牛wō niú; Taiwan pr. guā
牛 niú HSK 2
cow; ox; bull