An empty cave with nothing inside is just hollow space.
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空穴来风未必无因
空穴来风未必无因
wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
- 。
There is always a reason behind an empty cavity drawing wind.
- 貳名noun
there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
- 。
Where there's smoke, there must be fire.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 木(tree; plant; stick)ASSOCIATIVE
- 从(follow; accompany)ASSOCIATIVE
Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 几(small table; frame surrounding)ASSOCIATIVE
- 虫(insect; worm)PHONETIC
Wind blows everywhere like insects and flies scattered in all directions through the air.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 木(tree; plant (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(tip of tree; treetop)ASSOCIATIVE
A small horizontal stroke on top of a tree points to an immature peak, meaning "not yet."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 心(heart; mind)RADICAL
- 丿(stroke passing through)ASSOCIATIVE
A stroke piercing straight through the heart is what must inevitably happen.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 囗(frame; encircle)RADICAL
- 大(large; person with outstretched limbs)ASSOCIATIVE
A great cause wrapped and hidden inside contains the root of all things.
空穴来风未必无因
Traditional空穴來風未必無因
wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
- 。
There is always a reason behind an empty cavity drawing wind.
- 貳名noun
there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
- 。
Where there's smoke, there must be fire.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 木(tree; plant; stick)ASSOCIATIVE
- 从(follow; accompany)ASSOCIATIVE
Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 几(small table; frame surrounding)ASSOCIATIVE
- 虫(insect; worm)PHONETIC
Wind blows everywhere like insects and flies scattered in all directions through the air.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 木(tree; plant (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(tip of tree; treetop)ASSOCIATIVE
A small horizontal stroke on top of a tree points to an immature peak, meaning "not yet."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 心(heart; mind)RADICAL
- 丿(stroke passing through)ASSOCIATIVE
A stroke piercing straight through the heart is what must inevitably happen.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 囗(frame; encircle)RADICAL
- 大(large; person with outstretched limbs)ASSOCIATIVE
A great cause wrapped and hidden inside contains the root of all things.
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