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not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
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Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.
Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.
Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
无 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]
Mnemonic symbol: a shovel (乚).
Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) digging her own grave with a shovel in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) digging her own grave with a shovel in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
Characters with 无 as component
Words with 无
lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) / fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
(idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; to scratch each other's back
mutual exchange of assistance (idiom) / to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls / to reciprocate with material assistance / scratch each other's back
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He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
Life is short, learning is limitless / Ars longa, vita brevis
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4])
come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach