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无瑕 (wú xiá) — (verb phrase) flawless, without blemish or defect; perfect

Definition

Literary, written-style word for 'flawless / without blemish'. More formal than 完美, which focuses on overall perfection rather than the absence of any defect or flaw.

verb
(verb phrase) flawlesswithout blemish or defectperfect

Examples

  • 无瑕，。
    Zhè jiàn cí qì wú xiá, fēi cháng wán měi.
    This piece of porcelain is flawless, absolutely perfect.
  • 无瑕，。
    Tā de gē shēng wú xiá, lìng rén táo zuì.
    Her singing voice is flawless, utterly enchanting.
  • 无瑕，。
    Zhè piān lùn wén xiě dé wú xiá, méi yǒu cuò wù.
    This paper is written flawlessly, with no mistakes.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

无wúwithout
瑕xiáflaw

无, without, and 瑕, a flaw, combine to mean flawless.

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
𤣩Written in full as玉yù
Sound part声符shēngfú
叚
叚jiǎ瑕xiá
Same sound today

瑕 has 玉 (jade) on the left and 叚 on the right, where 叚 gives the sound.

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