身外之物 shēn wài zhī wù

mere worldly possessions

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 57434th word

Definitions

  1. 1. mere worldly possessions

Characters

Character Meaning
身 shēn HSK 2
body; oneself; personally
外 wài HSK 2
outside; external; foreign
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
物 wù HSK 3
thing; object; matter