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身无分文

shēn wú fēn wén

4-character word Traditional 身無分文

What 身无分文 means

1. idiompenniless; completely broke

The characters in 身无分文

• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 文wénlanguage; culture; writing

Example sentences

• 我身无分文。
  Wǒ shēnwúfēnwén.
  I don't have any money.
• 当时，他身无分文。
  Not a penny was in his pocket.
• 生意上的失败让我身无分文。
  Shēngyi shàng de shībài ràng wǒ shēnwúfēnwén.
  The failure in business left me penniless.