- 衣不蔽体
- yībúbìtǐbe dressed in rags; have nothing but rags on one's back* * *衣不蔽体yī bú bì tǐbe 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* * *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. Academic. 2013.