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Chinese

一無所有

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to have nothing at all
  • 一无所有
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The phrase describes a state of complete emptiness, where a person possesses nothing but the vast, silent void around them.
The phrase describes a state of complete emptiness, where a person possesses nothing but the vast, silent void around them.

Origin

The phrase 一無所有 means to have nothing at all. It is formed by combining four characters: 一 (one), 無 (to not have; there is not; there does not exist), 所 (place; location), and 有 (to have; to possess when a subject is present).

Within these characters, 所 contains the semantic component 斤 (a traditional unit of weight equal to 0.5 kilograms) and the phonetic component 戶 (door). The character 有 consists of the semantic components 肉 (meat; flesh) and 月 (moon) alongside the phonetic component 又 (again; once more).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

一無所有由「一」、「無」、「所」、「有」四個漢字組成。其中「一」代表數字一；「無」表示沒有、不存在；「所」指的是地方或位置；「有」則表示擁有或持有。

在字形結構上，「所」字結合了表示意義的「斤」（傳統重量單位，等於 0.5 公斤）與表示聲音的「戶」；「有」字則包含表示意義的「肉」、「月」以及表示聲音的「又」。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese一 “one”
  • characterChinese無 “to not have; there is not; there does not exist”
  • characterChinese所 “place; location”
    • soundChinese戶 “door”
    • meaningChinese斤 “catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms”
  • characterChinese有 “to have; to possess (when a subject is present)”
    • soundChinese又 “again; once more”
    • meaningChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
    • meaningChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. to have nothing at all

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 什麼都沒有。 例：雖然他現在一無所有，但是，我相信他以後一定會大有作為。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0