无穷

• 병음: wú qióng
• 한자 분석: 无 = negation (without); 穷 = 穴 + 力 (cave + effort — exhausted, at the end of one's resources)

뜻

무궁무진하다; 무한하다

Used to describe abstract and concrete things alike — wisdom, resources, potential, suffering, possibilities. Frequently appears in academic, literary, and philosophical writing. Often intensified as 无穷无尽.

예문

1. 宇宙的奥秘无穷无尽，人类对它的探索永远不会停止。
2. 她从书籍中汲取无穷的力量，即使在最艰难的岁月里也从未放弃。
3. 科技创新所蕴藏的可能性是无穷的，关键在于如何将其转化为实际价值。

사용 가이드

맥락: philosophy, science, literature, motivation

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 他指出，量子世界层次无穷，我们今天的认识只是起点。(He pointed out that the quantum world has boundless layers, and our current understanding is only a starting point.)
• 她相信语言学习所带来的乐趣是无穷的——每掌握一门新语言，便如同打开一扇通往全新文明与思维方式的大门，令人陶醉其中，欲罢不能。(She believes that the pleasure brought by language learning is infinite — mastering each new language is like opening a door to an entirely new civilisation and way of thinking, a joy that captivates and never exhausts.)

피해야 할 표현

• 无穷 for something that is merely very large in quantity — use 大量 or 众多; 无穷 implies a genuine or conceptual absence of any limit, not just an impressively large number

기원과 역사

无 (without) + 穷 (end, exhaustion) — without end or exhaustion

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal