家無長物
jiā​wú​zhǎng​wù

to have no valuable possessions

  • created sense approved 家无长物/家無長物 · jiā​wú​zhǎng​wù · to have no valuable possessions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    家无长物 / 家無長物

    jiā​wú​zhǎng​wù

    to have no valuable possessions

    To be utterly destitute or live a very simple and frugal life; also used to describe a person of integrity who does not accumulate wealth.

    jiā​wú​zhàng​wù

    家 (literal) → 家 · jiā · home 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 长物 (literal) → 长物/長物 · cháng​wù · superfluous things

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense