to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a poor or frugal life
trad. 別無長物
Also written 別無長物【bié wú cháng wù】
Characters in this word
4别
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surname Bie
- Pinyin
- Bié
- Traditional
- 別
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 105 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
物
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(bound form) thing, (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- Pinyin
- wù
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 6704 of 2500