身无长物 — Chinese idiom
身无长物
shēn wú cháng wù
Traditional: 身無長物
Meaning
- to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a frugal life
Character by character
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 长chánglong, lasting; to excel in
- 物wùthing, substance, matter; creature
Idioms sharing a character
- 一身是胆 yī shēn shì dǎn
- 以身作则 yǐ shēn zuò zé
- 以身报国 yǐ shēn bào guó
- 以身许国 yǐ shēn xǔ guó
- 以身试法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ
- 全身而退 quán shēn ér tuì
- 分身乏术 fēn shēn fá shù
- 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
- 奋不顾身 fèn bù gù shēn
- 孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng
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