身外之物 shēn wài zhī wù

DEFINITIONS

  1. mere worldly possessions

CHARACTERS

身 shēn
HSK 2
body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158
外 wài
HSK 2
out, outside, external; foreign
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
物 wù
HSK 3
thing, substance, creature