I don't have any money.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
身无分文
(idiom) penniless; completely broke
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) penniless; completely broke
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 身无分文 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 身无分文 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Not a penny was in his pocket.
The failure in business left me penniless.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 身无分文.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 身无分文.
Directly before
- 我身无分文3
- 对于身无分文1
- 他身无分文1
Directly after
- 身无分文的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 身无分文
What does 身无分文 mean in Chinese?
身无分文 (shēnwúfēnwén) means (idiom) penniless; completely broke.
How do you pronounce 身无分文?
身无分文 is pronounced shēnwúfēnwén.
Is 身无分文 an HSK word?
身无分文 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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