万物

萬物

wànwù

noun HSK 6 #7,896

Meanings

HSK 5

万物都有自己的规律。

Wànwù dōu yǒu zìjǐ de guīlǜ.

All things have their own natural laws.

HSK 5

他对万物充满了好奇心。

Tā duì wànwù chōngmǎn le hàoqíxīn.

He is full of curiosity about everything.

HSK 7-9

春天来了，万物复苏。

Chūntiān lái le, wànwù fùsū.

Spring has come and everything is coming back to life.

history

万物 is a classical Chinese term central to Daoist philosophy. Laozi's Dao De Jing says 道生万物 (dào shēng wànwù, 'the Dao gives birth to all things').

usage

万物复苏 (wànwù fùsū, 'all things revive') is a set phrase commonly used to describe the arrival of spring.

万 wàn

物 wù