无 (無) wú

1. wú adverb no
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: 无 is a negative copula in Literary Chinese in the sense of 不. (CCD '无' 2; FE '無' 1; GHDC '无' 2; Guoyu '無' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '無' 2, p. 480; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107).
2. wú noun Kangxi radical 71
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. wú verb to not have; without
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 没有 (CCD '无' 1; FE '無' 2; GHDC '无' 1; Guoyu '無' v; Kroll 2015 '無' 1, p. 480; Rouzer 2007, p. 14). For example, 無以異也。'There is no difference!' (Mengzi: 1.4/2/15, translation by Legge)
4. wú adverb has not yet
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 未 (GHDC '无' 6; Guoyu '無' adv 2)
5. mó foreign mo
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Used in foreign transliterations (GHDC 2 '无' 1; Guoyu '無' mó; Kroll 2015 '無' 5, p. 480)
6. wú adverb do not
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense, 无 is a prohibitive particle (CCD '无' 4; GHDC '无' 3; Guoyu '無' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '無' wù, p. 480; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107; Rouzer 2007; p. 14). For example, 王無罪歲 'Let your Majesty cease to lay the blame on the year' (Mengzi: 1.3/2/9, translation by Legge)
7. wú adverb not; -less; un-
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 非 (GHDC '无' 7; Guoyu '無' adv 5; Kroll 2015 '無' 3, p. 480)
8. wú conjunction regardless of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Subordinate conjunction, synonymous with 无论 (CCD '无' 3; FE '無' 3; GHDC '无' 4; Guoyu '無' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '無' 4, p. 480)
9. wú verb to not have
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 无; appears instead of 無 sometimes in Classical Chinese as a negative copula in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 107).
10. wú particle um
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Particle with no meaning (Guoyu '無' particle)
11. wú proper noun Wu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (FE '無' 4; Guoyu '無' n)

Contained in

• 哀矜无辜(哀矜無辜) an imperial pardon
• 无为(無為) to let things take their own course ; Wu Wei ; to influence by example rather than compulsion ; do not ; Wuwei
• 无望(無望) to be without hope; hopeless
• 无味(無味) tasteless; odorless
• 无垠(無垠) boundless; vast
• 无用之树(無用之樹) useless person
• 弹无虚发(彈無虛發) the bullets will not be shot for nothing
• 无限小数(無限小數) infinitesimal; infinite decimal expansion
• 横行无忌(橫行無忌) to run wild with no regard for order
• 无所适从(無所適從) at a loss for what to do
• 居无求安(居無求安) with regard to accommondation do not seek the excessive comfort
• 无烟炭(無煙炭) smokeless coal
• 进退无路(進退無路) to have no alternative
• 无机盐(無機鹽) inorganic salt
• 无秩序(無秩序) disorder
• 无可挑剔(無可挑剔) excellent in every respect; flawless
• 无成(無成) achieving nothing
• 不学无术(不學無術) without learning or skills; ignorant and incompetent
• 无比(無比) incomparable; unparalleled
• 托足无门(托足無門) to be unable to find a place to stay
• 无赖(無賴) a hoodlum; a rascal
• 独一无二(獨一無二) unique and unmatched; unrivalled
• 束手无策(束手無策) hands bound and unable to help
• 神女有心，襄王无梦(神女有心，襄王無夢) the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream; (said of a woman's unrequited love)
• 无敌舰队(無敵艦隊) unrivalled fleet of warships
• 无尾猿(無尾猿) ape
• 无恶不作(無惡不作) not to shrink from any crime; to commit any imaginable misdeed
• 将相本无种(將相本無種) generals and ministers are not innately different [from ordinary people]
• 无涯(無涯) boundless
• 无拘无束(無拘無束) free and unconstrained; unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries
• 诛求无厌(誅求無厭) incessant exorbitant demands
• 无论何处(無論何處) anywhere; wherever
• 无霜期(無霜期) frost-free period
• 万般无奈(萬般無奈) to have no way out; to have no alternative
• 无所属(無所屬) unaffiliated; non-party
• 无风起浪(無風起浪) waves arising with no wind; matters arising without a reason
• 无法(無法) unable; incapable ; with no regard for the law
• 有教无类(有教無類) education for everyone, irrespective of background
• 无码(無碼) unpixelated or uncensored (of video)
• 无际(無際) limitless; boundless
• 天下无难事，只怕有心人(天下無難事，只怕有心人) nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set
• 言者无罪，闻者足戒(言者無罪，聞者足戒) don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning
• 反脸无情(反臉無情) to turn one's face against somebody and show no mercy; to turn against a friend
• 全无准备(全無準備) completely unprepared

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施无畏者 、 无线网状网路 、 缠无明 、 无锡县 、 无衣外道 、 无尽意菩萨会 、 一道无为心

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• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 315
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 264
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 250
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 238
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 238
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 208
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 191
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 185
• 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 176
• 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 170