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simp身无长物

san1 mou4 coeng4 mat6san1 mou4 zoeng6 mat6shēn wú cháng wù

English

(idiom) to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a frugal life
to have nothing; to have no valuable things asides from the necessities
to have only bare necessities; to have no superfluous (figuratively, valuable) things

粵語 — Cantonese

身上淨係得必需品，冇任何多餘（引申貴重）財物

Examples

佢破產後身無長物，惟有瞓街。
After going bankrupt, he had no valuable belongings so he was left homeless.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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