◎ 家徒四壁 jiātúsìbì[utterly destitute;be empty of all furniture;be extremely poor with only the walls of the household standing;with nothing is one's house but bare walls] 家中极端贫困,空无所有,徒有四堵墙壁树立 -----------------国语辞典：家中只剩四面墙壁。形容家境贫困，一无所有。宋．辛弃疾〈水调歌头．我亦卜居者〉词：「好在书携一束，莫问家徒四壁，往日置锥无。」《孽海花．第三回》：「那时正是家徒四壁，囊无一文。」也作「家徒壁立」。近环堵萧然,家贫壁立,室如悬磬,四壁萧条,一贫如洗反富可敌国,富甲一方,腰缠万贯英语 lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom), fig. very poor, wretched德语 vollkommen mittellos (Sprichw)