| 身无长物 |
shēn wú cháng wù |
(idiom) to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a frugal life |
| 身 |
shēn |
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 |
| 无 |
mó |
used in 南无 |
| 无 |
wú |
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less |
| 长 |
cháng |
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]) |
| 长 |
zhǎng |
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 长物 |
cháng wù |
(literary) things other than the bare necessities of life / item of some value / Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4] |
| 物 |
wù |
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |