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Definition(s) for: 身外之物

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
身外之物 shēn wài zhī wù - mere worldly possessions

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 55,652 45,983 21,981

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shēn- body
- life
- oneself
- personally
- one's morality and conduct
- the main part of a structure or body
- pregnant
- classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
- Kangxi radical 158
wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
- (bound form) thing
- (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

Other Words Containing 身外之物

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
身外之物 - - 55,652 45,983 21,981