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Chinese
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not have
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Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind |
| trad. (無德)
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無
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德
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| simp. (无德)
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无
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德
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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無
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德
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| Reading #
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1/3
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wú
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dé
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ mju ›
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‹ tok ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ma/
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/*tˁək/
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| English
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not have
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virtue
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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無
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德
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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13117
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17266
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Phonetic
component
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無
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直
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Rime
group
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魚
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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無
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德
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Old
Chinese
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/*ma/
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/*tɯːɡ/
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Verb
無德
- (literary) to be immoral; to lack morality or proper behaviour
無德而祿，殃也。
无德而禄，殃也。 - From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Wúdé ér lù, yāng yě.
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君子哀無人，不哀無賄；哀無德，不哀無寵。
君子哀无人，不哀无贿；哀无德，不哀无宠。 - From: Guoyu, circa 4th century BCE
- Jūnzǐ āi wúrén, bù āi wú huì; āi wúdé, bù āi wú chǒng.
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漁者利其肉，寡者貪其力，下為不仁，上為無德。
渔者利其肉，寡者贪其力，下为不仁，上为无德。 - From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Yú zhě lì qí ròu, guǎ zhě tān qí lì, xià wéi bùrén, shàng wéi wúdé.
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Noun
無德
- (literary) immoral person; someone who does not live morally