cóng​wú​dào​yǒu

to start from scratch

  • created sense approved 从无到有/從無到有 · cóng​wú​dào​yǒu · to start from scratch — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    从无到有 / 從無到有

    cóng​wú​dào​yǒu

    to start from scratch

    To grow out of nothing; to develop from a state where nothing existed before

    从 (literal) → 从/從 · cóng · from 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense