Nothing to… (无所 + verb)

Structure 无所 + verb (／无所不 + verb)

无所 (wú suǒ) is the negative counterpart of 有所: "there is nothing that…". It crystallizes into fixed four-character expressions: 无所事事 = "to have nothing to do, to idle about"; 无所适从 = "not to know which way to turn"; 无所谓 = "it makes no difference". Literary in register, it keeps the flavour of Classical Chinese (无 "there is not" + nominalizing 所). It also combines with 无所不 (wú suǒ bù), "there is nothing that one does not…", to assert the absolute emphatically: 无所不能 = "omnipotent, able to do anything".

Examples

他tā整zhěng天tiān无wú所suǒ事shì事shì，令lìng人rén担dān心xīn。
He idles about all day, which is worrying.
意yì见jiàn太tài多duō，反fǎn而ér让ràng我wǒ无wú所suǒ适shì从cóng。
So much advice only leaves me at a loss as to what to do.
去qù不bù去qù都dōu行xíng，我wǒ无wú所suǒ谓wèi。
Go or not, it makes no difference to me.
在zài他tā眼yǎn里lǐ，这zhè位wèi老lǎo师shī无wú所suǒ不bù知zhī。
In his eyes, this teacher knows everything.

This point and the other 370, with audio on every example, inside Wanyu.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play