"無源之水,無本之木" meaning in 漢語

See 無源之水,無本之木 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 无源之水,无本之木 [Simplified Chinese]
  1. 沒有基礎的事物 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-無源之水,無本之木-zh-phrase-e8oPyMgG Categories (other): 有引文的官話詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 無根之木,無源之水 [Traditional Chinese], 无根之木,无源之水 [Simplified Chinese]
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      "name": "帶「木」的漢語詞",
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      "name": "帶「無」的漢語詞",
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  "literal_meaning": "沒有源頭的水,沒有根的樹木",
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          "ref": "毛澤東,1937年,《實踐論》,《毛澤東選集》",
          "roman": "Lǐxìng de dōngxi suǒyǐ kào de zhù, zhèngshì yóuyú tā láiyuán yú gǎnxìng, fǒuzé lǐxìng de dōngxi jiù chéng le wúyuán zhī shuǐ, wúběn zhī mù, ér zhǐshì zhǔguān zìshēng de kào bu zhù de dōngxi le.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "理性的東西所以靠得住,正是由於它來源於感性,否則理性的東西就成了無源之水,無本之木,而只是主觀自生的靠不住的東西了。"
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          "roman": "Lǐxìng de dōngxi suǒyǐ kào de zhù, zhèngshì yóuyú tā láiyuán yú gǎnxìng, fǒuzé lǐxìng de dōngxi jiù chéng le wúyuán zhī shuǐ, wúběn zhī mù, ér zhǐshì zhǔguān zìshēng de kào bu zhù de dōngxi le.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "理性的东西所以靠得住,正是由于它来源于感性,否则理性的东西就成了无源之水,无本之木,而只是主观自生的靠不住的东西了。"
        }
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      "zh_pron": "wúyuán zhī shuǐ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúběn zhī mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúyuán zhī shuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúběn zhī mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúyuán jhih shuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúběn jhih mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-yüan² chih¹ shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-pên³ chih¹ mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-ywán jr̄ shwěi-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-běn jr̄ mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuyuan jy shoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wubeen jy muh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "уюань чжи шуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "убэнь чжи му (ujuanʹ čži šuj"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ubɛnʹ čži mu)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/",
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        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "無根之木,無源之水"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "无根之木,无源之水"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "無源之水,無本之木"
}
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    "官話俗語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「之」的漢語詞",
    "帶「木」的漢語詞",
    "帶「本」的漢語詞",
    "帶「水」的漢語詞",
    "帶「源」的漢語詞",
    "帶「無」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語俗語",
    "漢語詞元"
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    {
      "form": "无源之水,无本之木",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "沒有源頭的水,沒有根的樹木",
  "notes": [
    "「无源之水」、「无本之木」也可以單獨使用。"
  ],
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          "ref": "毛澤東,1937年,《實踐論》,《毛澤東選集》",
          "roman": "Lǐxìng de dōngxi suǒyǐ kào de zhù, zhèngshì yóuyú tā láiyuán yú gǎnxìng, fǒuzé lǐxìng de dōngxi jiù chéng le wúyuán zhī shuǐ, wúběn zhī mù, ér zhǐshì zhǔguān zìshēng de kào bu zhù de dōngxi le.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Standard Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "理性的東西所以靠得住,正是由於它來源於感性,否則理性的東西就成了無源之水,無本之木,而只是主觀自生的靠不住的東西了。"
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          "ref": "毛澤東,1937年,《實踐論》,《毛澤東選集》",
          "roman": "Lǐxìng de dōngxi suǒyǐ kào de zhù, zhèngshì yóuyú tā láiyuán yú gǎnxìng, fǒuzé lǐxìng de dōngxi jiù chéng le wúyuán zhī shuǐ, wúběn zhī mù, ér zhǐshì zhǔguān zìshēng de kào bu zhù de dōngxi le.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Standard Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "理性的东西所以靠得住,正是由于它来源于感性,否则理性的东西就成了无源之水,无本之木,而只是主观自生的靠不住的东西了。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "沒有基礎的事物"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúyuán zhī shuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúběn zhī mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúyuán zhī shuǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúběn zhī mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúyuán jhih shuěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúběn jhih mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-yüan² chih¹ shui³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-pên³ chih¹ mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-ywán jr̄ shwěi-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-běn jr̄ mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuyuan jy shoei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wubeen jy muh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "уюань чжи шуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "убэнь чжи му (ujuanʹ čži šuj"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ubɛnʹ čži mu)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/",
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      "word": "無根之木,無源之水"
    },
    {
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "无根之木,无源之水"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "無源之水,無本之木"
}

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