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In the profundity of Chinese culture, numbers are not just numbers. They can convey many other meanings when used in Chinese idioms. Here are some idioms which include the numbers from one to ten. Let’s check them out.

一穷二白（yī qióng èr bái）
一(yī ) means one and 二（èr）means two. However, when we say “一穷二白”（ yī qióng èr bái），it means “poverty and blankness”, or “economically poor and culturally blank”. For example:
改变这个国家一穷二白的面貌。
gǎi biàn zhè gè guó jiā yī qióng èr bái de miàn mào
Lift this country from the state of “poverty and blankness”.

丢三落四(diū sān là sì)
三（sān）means three and 四（sì）means four. This idiom means “do things carelessly or have a bad memory”. For example:
他做事老是丢三落四的。
tā zuò shì lǎo shì diū sān là sì de.
He is always careless.

五颜六色(wǔ yán liù sè)
五(wǔ) is five and 六(liù) is six. It is equivalent to “colorful”. For example:
他们将房子漆得五颜六色。
tā men jiāng fáng zi qī de wǔ yán liù sè.
They paint their house with various colors.