贫无立锥之地pín wú lì zhuī zhī dìpinwulizhuizhidinot even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destituteCharacters in this word之marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase地earth, ground, soil无no, not立to stand贫poor, needy, impoverished锥gimlet, drill, awlStudy it in Yanamino