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to be penniless

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

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people