無所不至
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Chinese[edit]
not have | actually; place; (nominalization prefix) | not; no | arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until | ||
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trad. (無所不至) | 無 | 所 | 不 | 至 | |
simp. (无所不至) | 无 | 所 | 不 | 至 |
Etymology[edit]
From the Analects, Book 17 (《論語·陽貨》):
- 子曰:「鄙夫!可與事君也與哉?其未得之也,患得之;既得之,患失之。苟患失之,無所不至矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐyuē: “Bǐ fū! Kě yǔ shì jūn yě yǔ zāi? Qí wèi dé zhī yě, huàn dé zhī; jì dé zhī, huàn shī zhī. Gǒu huàn shī zhī, wú suǒ bù zhì yǐ.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "There are those mean creatures! How impossible it is along with them to serve one's prince! While they have not got their aims, their anxiety is how to get them. When they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them. When they are anxious lest such things should be lost, there is nothing to which they will not proceed."
子曰:「鄙夫!可与事君也与哉?其未得之也,患得之;既得之,患失之。苟患失之,无所不至矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
無所不至
- to penetrate everywhere
- to spare no pains (to do evil); to be capable of anything; to stop at nothing
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