無緣無故
See also: 无缘无故
Chinese edit
not have | along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge |
not have | happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old | ||
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trad. (無緣無故) | 無 | 緣 | 無 | 故 | |
simp. (无缘无故) | 无 | 缘 | 无 | 故 | |
Built on 緣故/缘故 (yuángù). |
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
無緣無故
- without cause or reason; for no reason at all
- 世上決沒有無緣無故的愛,也沒有無緣無故的恨。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Shìshàng jué méiyǒu wúyuánwúgù de ài, yě méiyǒu wúyuánwúgù de hèn. [Pinyin]
- There is absolutely no such thing in the world as love or hatred without reason or cause.
世上决没有无缘无故的爱,也没有无缘无故的恨。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms edit
- (Cantonese) 無啦啦/无啦啦, 無情情/无情情, 無端端/无端端 (wúduānduān), 無情白事/无情白事, 無端白事/无端白事, 無神神/无神神
- (Hokkien) 無因致端/无因致端, 無因端/无因端, 無事無白/无事无白, 無代無誌/无代无志, 無底無代/无底无代
- (Xiang) 無情冇事/无情冇事
See also edit
- 突然 (tūrán, “suddenly”)