一贫如洗

一
一
贫
貧
如
如
洗
洗
penniless

Characters and words in 一贫如洗

一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
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
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
贫
貧
pín = pi + (e)n2
poor / inadequate / deficient / garrulous
贫 = 分 + 贝 : Pocahontas (pi) has the crab (贝) cut her hair while stopping the time with a stopwatch (分) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). While the crab cuts quite fast, the resulting hairstyle is of very poor (贫) quality.
如
rú = ru + Ø2
as / as if / such as
如 = 口 + 女 : Mnemonic symbol: Asif ibn Barkhiya, according to the Qur'an, throne hauler at the court of king Salomon.
如 = 口 + 女 : Just inside the space station's entrance, Asif ibn Barkhiya, Rachel Rhinoceros and Bessie Coleman are playing monkey, throwing a mandarin as if they were little kids.
洗
xǐ = xi + Ø3
to wash / to bathe / to develop (photo)
洗 = 先 + 氵 : It's shower day in the space station (Ø3)! Marie Curie (xi) and the FLOTUS (先) help wash (洗) each other using bottles of water (氵).

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