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Chinese

肆無忌憚

/sɹ̩⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
brazen; unbridled; wanton; unscrupulous
  • 肆无忌惮
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Origin

The phrase is formed by combining four characters. The character 肆 means impudent or undisciplined; it contains the semantic component 镸 and the phonetic component 隶. The character 無 means to not have, there is not, or there does not exist.

Completing the phrase are 忌 and 憚. The character 忌 means to be jealous, to envy, or to hate; it is composed of the semantic component 心 (heart) and the phonetic component 己 (self; oneself). The character 憚 means to fear or to dread; it uses the semantic component 心 (heart) and the phonetic component 單 (single; individual; solitary).

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

「肆」字含有表示意義的成分「镸」，並以「隶」作為表示聲音的成分，其本身具有放肆、無禮或不守規矩的意思。「無」字表示沒有、不存在。「忌」字包含表示意義的成分「心」，並以「己」作為表示聲音的成分，其意涵包含嫉妒、忌恨或厭惡。「憚」字則包含表示意義的成分「心」，並以「單」作為表示聲音的成分，其意指恐懼或畏懼。

透過這四個字的組合，「肆無忌憚」描述了一種肆無忌憚、放縱且不顧忌諱的狀態，用以形容行為放肆、無法無天或是不擇手段。

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

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  • characterChinese肆 “impudent; undisciplined”
    • meaningChinese镸
    • soundChinese隶 “arrest”
  • characterChinese無 “to not have; there is not; there does not exist”
  • characterChinese忌 “to be jealous; to envy; to hate”
    • soundChinese己 “self; oneself”
    • meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)”
  • characterChinese憚 “to fear; to dread”
    • soundChinese單 “single; individual; solitary”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. brazen; unbridled; wanton; unscrupulous

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 任意妄為，毫無顧忌。 例：他仗著是老板的親戚，就如此肆無忌憚，真是令人厭惡。

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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