别无长物

bié wú cháng wù

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 别无长物

• 别 别 biè: to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
• 无 无 wú: not to have
• 长 长 cháng: length
• 长 长 zhǎng: chief
• 物 物 wù: thing
• 长物 长物 cháng wù: (literary) things other than the bare necessities of life
• 别 别 bié: to leave