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無可厚非

/u³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
not altogether inexcusable; hard to blame; reasonable; understandable
  • 无可厚非
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Origin

The phrase is formed by combining four characters: 無, 可, 厚, and 非. The character 無 means to not have, there is not, or there does not exist. The character 可 means can, may, or be able to; it is composed of the semantic component 口 (mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity) and the phonetic component 丂 (the appearance of air which is to be released). The character 丂 itself contains the components 𠃑 and 一.

The character 厚 means thick and is composed of the components 厂 (cliff; habitable cave on a cliff) and 𣆪 (jug). The final character, 非, means not be, is not, or not.

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

「無可厚非」是由四個漢字組成。其中「無」表示「沒有」、「不存在」；「可」表示「可以」、「能夠」；「厚」表示「厚」；「非」則表示「不是」或「非」。

在字形結構上，「可」字由語義成分「口」（指嘴巴，特別是嘴唇與口腔內部）與音符「丂」組成；「丂」字則由「𠃑」與「一」構成。「厚」字則由「厂」（指懸崖或岩洞）與「𣆪」（指罐）這兩個部分組成。

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

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  • characterChinese無 “to not have; there is not; there does not exist”
  • characterChinese可 “can; may; be able to”
    • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • soundChinese丂 “the appearance of air which is to be released”
      • componentChinese𠃑
      • componentChinese一 “one”
  • characterChinese厚 “thick”
    • ideaChinese厂 “cliff; habitable cave on a cliff”
    • ideaChinese𣆪 “jug”
  • characterChinese非 “not be; is not; not”
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Meanings

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  1. not altogether inexcusable; hard to blame; reasonable; understandable

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 沒有什麼可以批評或非議。指言行合乎情理。 例：他的權宜之計原是無可厚非，但卻被不明事理的人苛責。

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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