无愧

無愧
wúkuì
verb #32,536

Meanings

  1. 1 to have a clear conscience
  2. 2 to feel no shame
  3. 3 to be worthy of

Examples

Wǒ zuòshì wèn xīn wú kuì.
I act with a clear conscience.
Tā wúkuì yú yīngxióng de chēnghào.
He is worthy of the title of hero.

Tips

usage
Two patterns: (1) 问心无愧 (wèn xīn wú kuì) 'ask one's heart, feel no shame' — a fixed phrase about clear conscience. (2) 无愧于X 'to be worthy of X' — used with titles, ancestors, the times. Negation here is literary for 没有.
history
Builds on the Confucian framing in 《孟子》 — 不愧 ('Looking up, ashamed before no heaven; looking down, ashamed before no man'). The same moral standard of self-examination.

Stroke Order

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