无可比拟 (wú kě bǐ nǐ) — incomparable, unmatched

Definition

A formal, written phrase meaning 'beyond comparison' — used to praise something as uniquely outstanding, not for everyday objects. It functions as a predicate (这座城市的风景无可比拟) rather than an attribute before a noun.

verb
incomparableunmatched

Examples

  • 无可比拟。
    Zhè zuò chéng shì de fēng jǐng wú kě bǐ nǐ.
    The scenery of this city is incomparable.
  • 无可比拟。
    Tā zài yīn yuè fāng miàn de cái huá wú kě bǐ nǐ.
    His talent in music is incomparable.
  • 无可比拟。
    Zhè zhǒng gōng yì pǐn de jīng měi chéng dù wú kě bǐ nǐ.
    The exquisiteness of this handicraft is incomparable.

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

  • 匕匕bǐ
  • 匕匕bǐ

比 is two 匕 placed side by side. Chu Wan-li treats both as sound parts, while an old reading takes the side-by-side arrangement as putting things next to each other.

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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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
以
以yǐ拟nǐ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拟 is made of 扌 (hand) and 以. The 扌 side is the hand part, and 以 gives the sound.

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