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身無長物
san1 mou4 zoeng6 mat6
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have only the bare daily necessities; possess nothing of any high value; have not a shirt to one's back 長 has an archaic reading/meaning in this idiom. However, the mainland prefers to use the modern reading chang2 for this special case. See [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
 Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1801 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 20th Mar 2010 23:45 and last edited on 12th May 2016 03:55 |
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Characters in this word:身 san1 - body; life; oneself無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have 長 coeng4 zoeng2 - long; length; forte; grow; older; chief 物 mat6 - thing; substance; stuff |
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