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Chinese

獨一無二

/tu³⁵ i⁵⁵ u³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
unique; exclusive; unparalleled; unmatched; singular
  • 独一无二
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Origin

The phrase 獨一無二 is formed by the characters 獨, 一, 無, and 二. The character 獨 means alone, single, or solitary. It is composed of the semantic component 犬 (dog) and the phonetic component 蜀 (the name of an ancient Chinese state).

According to the MOE Dictionary, the phrase refers to being the only one, with nothing else existing. The constituent characters provide the structure: 一 means one, 無 means to not have or there does not exist, and 二 means two. Together, they describe something so special that there is no second one to compare it to.

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

這個詞彙由四個漢字組成：獨、一、無、二。其中「獨」的意思是單獨、單一或孤獨；「一」代表數字一；「無」表示沒有或不存在；「二」則是數字二。根據字形結構，「獨」字包含了表示意義的成分「犬」，以及表示讀音的成分「蜀」（古代國名）。

整體而言，這個詞彙透過組合這些字，表達出僅此一個、別無他物的狀態。

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

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  • characterChinese獨 “alone; single; solitary”
    • meaningChinese犬 “dog”
    • soundChinese蜀 “the name of a state in ancient China”
  • characterChinese一 “one”
  • characterChinese無 “to not have; there is not; there does not exist”
  • characterChinese二 “two”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. unique; exclusive; unparalleled; unmatched; singular

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 只此一個，別無其他。形容最特殊，沒有可比或相同的。 例：中國萬里長城是世上獨一無二的歷史奇觀。

© Ministry of Education, Taiwan — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW, shown unaltered.

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