筚门闺窦 bì mén guī dòu

living in poverty

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. living in poverty
  2. 2. wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel

Characters

Character Meaning
wicker
door; gate; doorway
by ext. women; boudoir; lady's chamber
surname Dou; hole; aperture