◎ 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)
◎ 家传 jiāchuán(1) [handed down from the older generations of the family;family tradition]∶由家庭世代相传 (2) [be on everybody's lips]∶每家每户相互传诵◎ 家传 jiāzhuàn(1) [family biography] 叙述家人事迹以传示其子孙的传记(2) 另见 jiāchuán-----------------国语辞典:叙述父祖事迹以传示后人的传记。南朝宋.谢灵运〈山居赋〉诗:「国史以载前纪,家传以申世模。」《儒林外史.第四六回》:「至于品行文章,令郎自有家传,愚兄也这是行所无事。」家中世代相传的事物。《陈书.卷二七.江总传》:「家传赐书数千卷,总昼夜寻读,未尝辍手。」《西湖佳话.葛岭仙迹》:「因见葛洪出自神仙之裔,便尽将所得的丹术,朝夕与葛洪讲究,指望他有些家传。」
国语辞典:家境不如往昔富贵。《儒林外史.第一四回》:「而今也家道中落,那里一时拿的许多银子出来?」《文明小史.第五八回》:「自从家道中落之后,经过磨折,知道世界上尚有这等的境界,一心一意,想把已去的恢复过来。」英语 to come down in the world (idiom), to suffer a reversal of fortune