无邪

無邪
wúxié
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 innocent
  2. 2 without guile
  3. 3 pure

Examples

HSK 4
Tā yòng yì shuāng wúxié de yǎnjing kàn zhe wǒ, ràng wǒ wúfǎ jùjué.
She looked at me with innocent eyes, and I couldn't bring myself to refuse.
HSK 6
Háizi de xiàoróng nàme wúxié.
The child's smile is so innocent.

Tips

culture
Confucius summed up the three hundred poems of the 《诗经》 in three characters: 思无邪 'no depraved thoughts' (Analects, Book 2). The everyday set phrase is 天真无邪 'innocent and pure'.

Stroke Order

无 wú
邪 xié