Read Edit View history 无常 wúcháng die Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 无常 (無常) wúcháng die adjective to pass away or expire (often used as a euphemism) 他早已交代好，一旦无常，丧事从简。 tā zǎo yǐ jiāodài hǎo, yīdàn wúcháng, sāngshì cóngjiǎn. He had already instructed that in the event of his passing, the funeral should be simple. ghost idiom a deity or spirit responsible for taking away the soul after death 民间传说中，黑白无常是专门勾摄生魂的使者。 mínjiān chuánshuō zhōng, hēibái wúcháng shì zhuānmén gōushè shēng hún de shǐzhě. In folklore, the Black and White Guards are messengers who capture the souls of the living. impermanence adverb the Buddhist concept (Sanskrit: anitya) that all conditioned things are transient 诸行无常是佛法中的重要教义。 zhū xíng wúcháng shì fófǎ zhōng de zhòngyào jiàoyì. Impermanence is an important teaching in Buddhism. variable idiom changeable, fickle, or inconsistent in nature 这里的气候变幻无常，出门最好带把伞。 zhèlǐ de qìhòu biànhuànwúcháng, chūmén zuì hǎo dài bǎ sǎn. The weather here is fickle; it's best to take an umbrella when you go out. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 2.24 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 3.64 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
无常 (無常) wúcháng die adjective to pass away or expire (often used as a euphemism) 他早已交代好，一旦无常，丧事从简。 tā zǎo yǐ jiāodài hǎo, yīdàn wúcháng, sāngshì cóngjiǎn. He had already instructed that in the event of his passing, the funeral should be simple. ghost idiom a deity or spirit responsible for taking away the soul after death 民间传说中，黑白无常是专门勾摄生魂的使者。 mínjiān chuánshuō zhōng, hēibái wúcháng shì zhuānmén gōushè shēng hún de shǐzhě. In folklore, the Black and White Guards are messengers who capture the souls of the living. impermanence adverb the Buddhist concept (Sanskrit: anitya) that all conditioned things are transient 诸行无常是佛法中的重要教义。 zhū xíng wúcháng shì fófǎ zhōng de zhòngyào jiàoyì. Impermanence is an important teaching in Buddhism. variable idiom changeable, fickle, or inconsistent in nature 这里的气候变幻无常，出门最好带把伞。 zhèlǐ de qìhòu biànhuànwúcháng, chūmén zuì hǎo dài bǎ sǎn. The weather here is fickle; it's best to take an umbrella when you go out. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 2.24 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 3.64 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)