no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
trad. 無毒不丈夫
Also written 無毒不丈夫【wú dú bù zhàng fu】
Characters in this word
5无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
毒
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poison, to poison, poisonous, malicious, cruel, fierce, narcotics
- Pinyin
- dú
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 6319 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
丈
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measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m), to measure, husband, polite appellation for an older male
- Pinyin
- zhàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 25048 of 2500
夫
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husband, man, manual worker, conscripted laborer (old)
- Pinyin
- fū
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 4038 of 2500