人财两空人财两失rén cái liǎng kōnglose both men (/women) and money
❍ 可怜张李二家没趣，真是“～”。(《红楼梦》174)❶Thus the Zhang and Li families were unlucky enough to lose both girl and money.
❷The Zhangs and the Lis were thus left in a very unenviable situation: “the maid and eke the money gone”. 人财两空rén cái lǎnɡ kōnɡ形容人和钱财都落了空。lose both man (woman) and money, the maid and eke the money gone |