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wú ㄨˊ (1): 沒有。 Not have.
| 《·》: | 有諸己不非諸人，無諸己不求諸人。 | | Having it in oneself one do not oppose it in others; lacking it in oneself one do not seek it of others. | | 《·》: | 子曰：「人而無信，不知其可也。」 | | The Master said, "I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on." | | 《·》: | 察鄰國之政，無如寡人之用心者。 | | On examining the government of the neighboring kingdoms, I do not find that there is any prince who exerts his mind as I do. | | 《·》: | 故曰：至人無己，神人無功，聖人無名。 | | Therefore it is said, 'The Perfect man has no (thought of) self; the Spirit-like man, none of merit; the Sagely-minded man, none of fame.' | | 《·》: | 四嶽舉鯀治鴻水，堯以為不可，嶽彊請試之，試之而無功，故百姓不便。 | | The president of the four mountains recommended Gun as the proper person to look after the deluge. Yao regarded it as impracticable, but the president vehemently requested that he might be tried, so the trial was made, but without good results. Of old the people had felt that it was undesirable | | 《·》: | 君無故不殺牛，大夫無故不殺羊，士無故不殺犬、豕。 | | Without some cause for it, a ruler did not kill an ox, nor a Great officer a sheep, nor a lower officer a pig or a dog. |
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wú ㄨˊ (2): 古代哲學範疇，指虛無、空虛等。 Philosophical category referring to absence, non-existence, or vacuity.
| 《》: | 天下萬物生於有，有生於無。 | | All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non- existent (and not named). |
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wú ㄨˊ (3.1): 副詞：表示否定，相當於「不」、「未」。 Adverb expressing negation: not.
| 《·》: | 殺盜人非殺人也，無難盜無難4矣。 | | Killing thieves is not killing men – there is nothing difficult in it! | | 《·》: | 三年無改於父之道，可謂孝矣。 | | If for three years he does not alter from the way of his father, he may be called filial. | | 《·》: | 乃如之人兮、德音無良。 | | Here is the man, With virtuous words, but really not good. | | 《·》: | 民以此為教，則粟焉得無少，而兵焉得無弱也！ | | Where the people are given to such teachings, how can the grain be anything but scarce, and the soldiers anything but weak? | | 《·》: | 不能當一人，而能當千百人者，說無之有也。 |
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wú ㄨˊ (3.2): 副詞：表示疑問，相當於「否」。 Adverb expressing questioning: or not.
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wú ㄨˊ (4.1): 連詞：表示條件關係，相當於「無論」、「不論」。 Connective: regardless of.
| 《·》: | 以故田橫復得收齊城邑，立田榮子廣為齊王，而橫相之，專國政，政無巨細皆斷於相。 |
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wú ㄨˊ (4.2): 連詞：表示假設關係，相當於「即使」。 Connective: even if.
| 《》: | 臧文仲曰，國無小，不可易也，無備雖眾，不可恃也。 |
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wú ㄨˊ (5): 助詞：用於句首，無實義。 Particle used at the beginning of a sentence, no meaning.
| 《·》: | 王之藎臣、無念爾祖。 | | O ye loyal ministers of the king, Ever think of your ancestor! |
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wú ㄨˊ (6): 通「勿」、「毋」：表示禁止，相當於「不要」、「別」。 Do not.
| 《·》: | 曰：「王無異於百姓之以王為愛也。」 | | Mencius pursued, 'Let not your Majesty deem it strange that the people should think you were grudging the animal.' | | 《·》: | 碩鼠碩鼠、無食我黍。 | | Large rats! Large rats! Do not eat our millet. | | 《》: | 曰：「寧信度，無自信也。」 | | 《·》: | 狐曰：「子無食我也。」 |
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wú ㄨˊ (7): 通「蕪」：荒蕪。 Barren, uncultivated.
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