4 characters Idiom and proverb 10 176

Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「身無分文」, explained below.

Here, we present the idiom 「身無分文」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Describes being extremely poor.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shēn wú fèn wén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

san1 mou4 fan1 man4

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.