WordTaiwan frequency #22,335
義無反顧
ㄧˋ ㄨˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ
“to proceed without hesitation out of moral conviction; to press forward for a righteous cause without looking back”
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義
ㄧˋ
Justice; righteousness; right conduct; meaning; artificial; foster (father); relationship; friendship; Italy (abbr. in Taiwan).
無
ㄨˊ
Not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less; used in Buddhist phrases like 'namo'.
反
ㄈㄢˇ
To reverse; to turn over; to return; to oppose; against; anti-; contrary; in reverse; to rebel; to use analogy; instead.
顧
ㄍㄨˋ
to look after; to consider; to attend to; to look back; to visit; surname Gu; sometimes used as an adverb meaning 'instead' or 'how can it be'.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 無法ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇunable to; incapable of; no way to; no method to
- 意義ㄧˋ ㄧˋmeaning; sense; significance; importance.
- 主義ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋdoctrine; ideology; -ism; a system of ideas or principles forming a theory or school of thought.
- 照顧ㄓㄠˋ ㄍㄨˋto take care of; to look after; to attend to; to show consideration; (in Taiwan) to patronize a shop
- 反應ㄈㄢˇ ㄧㄥto react; to respond; a reaction or response; a chemical reaction
- 反而ㄈㄢˇ ㄦˊon the contrary; used to introduce an unexpected or opposite result; instead.
- 反對ㄈㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄟˋto oppose; to be against; to object to; (rhetoric) antithesis — pairing contrasting situations that share a common theme
- 無論ㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋno matter what; regardless of; used to introduce a condition that does not affect the outcome; let alone; not to mention
- 毫無ㄏㄠˊ ㄨˊnot in the least; completely lacking; utterly without
- 反映ㄈㄢˇ ㄧㄥˋto reflect; to mirror; to report or convey (opinions, conditions); a reflection or image; to show or express reality
- 顧客ㄍㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋcustomer; client; a person who buys goods or services from a business.
- 違反ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄢˇto violate; to go against; to breach (a law, rule, or agreement); to contradict; to conflict with.