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無何

简无何 · 繁無何

Mandarin · pinyin wú hé

(literary) soon; before long
(literary) nothing; nothing else

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無: Look up this written character
何: hé · what, why, where, which, how
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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2–2 · wu2 he2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 ho4

Cantonese word readings for 無何. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adv

(literary) soon

noun

(literary) nothing

name

(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 無何有之鄉／无何有之乡 (wúhéyǒuzhīxiāng)

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