Chinese

不顧一切

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

to disregard everything; regardless of everything

Etymology graph

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這個詞彙由四個漢字組成：不、顧、一、切。其中「不」表示否定；「一」表示一；「顧」意指回頭看或向後看；「切」則有切割、切片或用刀切碎的意思。

在字形結構上，「顧」字包含表示意義的「頁」與表示聲音的「雇」。根據相關資料，「頁」字由「首」與「卩」（跪著的人）組成；而「切」字則是由表示意義的「刀」與表示聲音的「七」所構成。

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characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
characterChinese顧 “to turn around and look; to look back”
- soundChinese雇 “migratory birds”
- meaningChinese頁 “sheet (of paper)”
  - componentChinese首 “head”
  - componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
characterChinese一 “one”
characterChinese切 “to cut; to slice; to carve; to mince with a knife”
- soundChinese七 “seven”
- meaningChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”

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Origin

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characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
characterChinese顧 “to turn around and look; to look back”
- soundChinese雇 “migratory birds”
- meaningChinese頁 “sheet (of paper)”
  - componentChinese首 “head”
  - componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
characterChinese一 “one”
characterChinese切 “to cut; to slice; to carve; to mince with a knife”
- soundChinese七 “seven”
- meaningChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”