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身無長物 (san1 mou4 zoeng6 mat6) — have only the bare daily necessities; possess nothing of any high value; have not a shirt to one's back in Cantonese

sanˉ¹身mouˎ₄無zoengˍ₆長matˍ₆物
简 身无长物
Mandarin Pinyin: shen1 wu2 zhang4 wu4

Meaning of 身無長物

nounhave only the bare daily necessities; possess nothing of any high value; have not a shirt to one's back
nounto have nothing; to have no valuable things asides from the necessities

Characters in 身無長物

身san1
life; lifetime
無mou4
no matter what (or how); not yet
長coeng4
(of distance and time) long | [antonym] 短
物mat6
thing; substance; creature; being; matter

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