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无动于衷

无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng

无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wúdòngyúzhōng | wu2 dong4 yu2 zhong1
English translation
aloof
indifferent
unconcerned

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About 无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng

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Traditional form

無動於衷

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng .

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a person () dancing with ornamental leather hides () hanging from his arms, conveying the meaning "dance". Later, two feet ( chuǎn ) were added to the bottom of the character to form (dance), and was borrowed for its sound to re

Positional decomposition

一尢

Number of Strokes

4

dòng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of dòng . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and chóng represents the sound.

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

云力

Number of Strokes

6

Explanation

Pictograph of a musical wind instrument. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. In traditional characters is typically used instead of .

Positional decomposition

二亅

Number of Strokes

3

zhōng

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

衣中

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng

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zhǐ yǒu 老头子 lǎo tóu zi 无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng , 一面 yī miàn 耸肩 sǒng jiān 一面 yī miàn 评说 píng shuō : “ yǒu 什么 shénme liǎng yàng ? ”

Only the Don was unimpressed, shrugging his shoulders and remarking , " What's the difference? "

虽然 suīrán tóng shuì le shǔ 小时 xiǎoshí , réng 无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng .

He remained unmoved after I had talked with him for hours.

装作 zhuāng zuò 一副无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng de 样子 yàngzi 递给200美元 Měi yuán 钞票 chāopiào

Affecting nonchalance, I handed her two hundred dollar bills.

知道 zhīdào 根本 gēnběn 没什么 méi shén me 大不了 dàbùliǎo de 所以 suǒyǐ 有些 yǒu xiē 无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng

I know it's nothing serious and I feel quite unemotional about it.

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