无可争议 (wú kě zhēng yì) — indisputable, beyond dispute, irrefutable

Definition

A set phrase meaning 'beyond dispute / irrefutable', stronger and more formal than plain 没错 or 没说的. Often modifies a noun (无可争议的事实) or fronts a clause (无可争议的是, …).

verb
indisputablebeyond disputeirrefutable

Examples

  • 无可争议。
    Zhè shì wú kě zhēng yì de shì shí.
    This is an indisputable fact.
  • 无可争议。
    Tā de cái huá shì wú kě zhēng yì de.
    His talent is beyond dispute.
  • 无可争议，。
    wú kě zhēng yì De shì, zhè xiàng fā xiàn gǎi biàn le kē xué jiè.
    What is indisputable is that this discovery changed the scientific community.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 無; 无 is its simplified writing.

For the simplified 无, the story is about 無. 無 drew a person dancing with ox tails held in both hands to pray for rain, then was borrowed for 'have no', so the picture does not explain that meaning.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
丂
丂kǎo可kě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爭; 争 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爭 shows two hands on a plowshare; the simplified 争 is a later abbreviation, so this picture belongs to 爭, not 争.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 議; 议 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yántalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì議⁰yì
Same sound today

The traditional form 議 pairs 言 (talk) with 義 as a sound component; the simplified 议 is a later shorthand.

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