衣不蔽体

衣不蔽体
yībúbìtǐ
be dressed in rags; have nothing but rags on one's back
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衣不蔽体
yī bú bì tǐ
be in rags; be dressed in rags (tatters); be of shreds and patches; have insufficient clothing to cover one's nakedness; have no clothes to one's back; have not a shirt (a rag) to one's back; have nothing but rags on one's back; not enough shreds to have one's back covered; wear rags; wear shabby clothes
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衣不蔽體|衣不蔽体 [yī bù bì tǐ] lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) fig. poverty-stricken

Chinese-English dictionary. . 2013.

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