无欲无求

無欲無求

wúyùwúqiú

idiom

Meanings

1 free of desires and ambitions
2 to neither want nor seek anything

Characters

Examples

他退休后过着无欲无求的日子。

Tā tuìxiū hòu guòzhe wúyù wúqiú de rìzi.

Since retiring, he has lived a life free of desires and ambitions.

真正无欲无求的人其实很少。

Zhēnzhèng wúyù wúqiú de rén qíshí hěn shǎo.

Truly desire-free people are actually very rare.

Tips

culture

The phrase echoes Daoist and Buddhist ideals of non-attachment, but in contemporary speech it often has an ironic, self-deprecating tone — people describe themselves as 无欲无求 when they've given up on promotions, marriage, or the housing market.

Stroke Order

无 wú

欲 yù

求 qiú