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无常

wú cháng

2-character word Traditional 無常

What 无常 means

1. variable
2. changeable
3. fickle
4. impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya)
5. ghost taking away the soul after death
6. to pass away
7. to die

The characters in 无常

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 常chángalways; ever; often

Example sentences

• 本周天气变化无常。
  This week the weather was very unpredictable.
• 像四月一样反复无常。
  Capricious as April.

Words containing 无常

• 反复无常fǎn fù wú chángunstable; erratic; changeable
• 出没无常chū mò wú chángto appear and disappear unpredictably
• 变化无常biàn huà wú cháng(idiom) changeable; fickle
• 黑白无常Hēi Bái Wú cháng(Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other…
• 喜怒无常xǐ nù wú chángtemperamental; moody
• 祸福无常huò fú wú chángdisaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom)…

Sounds the same

Read wú cháng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 无偿free; no charge; at no cost