身无长物 (身無長物)
shēn wú cháng wù
Pinyin

Definition

身无长物 (身無長物)
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shēn wú cháng wù
  1. to possess nothing except bare necessities
  2. to live a poor or frugal life

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人物
rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
修身
xiū shēn
  1. 1 to cultivate one's moral character
  2. 2 (fashion) slim-fit
  3. 3 body-hugging
全身
quán shēn
  1. 1 whole body
  2. 2 em (typography)
动物
dòng wù
  1. 1 animal
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 群 qún
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
化身
huà shēn
  1. 1 incarnation
  2. 2 reincarnation
  3. 3 embodiment (of abstract idea)
  4. 4 personification

Idioms (20)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence