无可置疑 (wú kě zhì yí) — beyond doubt; unquestionable; indubitable

Definition

A formal, written idiom meaning 'beyond doubt, unquestionable' — used to assert that something is so certain it cannot be questioned.

idiom
beyond doubtunquestionableindubitable

Examples

  • 无可置疑。
    Tā de gòng xiàn wú kě zhì yí.
    His contribution is beyond doubt.
  • 无可置疑。
    Zhè shì yí gè wú kě zhì yí de shì shí.
    This is an unquestionable fact.
  • ，无可置疑。
    Zài kē xué miàn qián, zhèng jù wú kě zhì yí.
    In the face of science, the evidence is indubitable.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
罒Written in full as网wǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
直
直zhí置zhì
Same sound today

置 is built from 罒, a net, on top and 直 below; 直 gives the sound.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 大大dàstanding human figure
  • 夂夂zhǐtilted head with open mouth
  • 丨丨gǔncane

疑 depicts a standing figure 大 with a tilted, open-mouthed head 夂 and a cane 丨, a confused person looking around for direction.

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