a house with a door made of straw and a window of a broken jar—a humble abode: a poor scholar’s house ❍ 儒有一亩之宫，环堵之室，荜门圭窬，～。(《礼记·儒行》) The scholar has a small courtyard of one mu in which stands a tiny hut with a wicker doorway pointed at the top,a matted door and a window made out of a broken jar.