身無長物 shēn wú cháng wù

to possess nothing except bare necessities

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to possess nothing except bare necessities
  2. 2. to live a poor or frugal life

Characters

Character Meaning
身 shēn HSK 2
body; oneself; personally
無 wú
not; no; not to have
長 cháng
to grow; to develop; to increase
物 wù HSK 3
thing; object; matter