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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.
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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).
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lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
leaving a rich aftertaste / (fig.) memorable / lingering in memory
unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom) / to fail to save the situation
(idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offense against civilians
(idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offence against civilians
see 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢|嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zui3 shang4 mei2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2]
there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / persistence will overcome
the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die.
a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)