无常 — meaning in English
wú cháng
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English meaning
- irregular adj Not following a regular pattern, schedule, or set of rules.
- nonstandard adj Not standard.
Senses
无常 is used for these senses in English:
- anicca (Buddhism) Impermanence, the doctrine claiming that all of conditioned existence, without exception, is transient. One of the three marks of existence.
- irregular Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.
- nonstandard Not standard.
irregular — full definition
- adj Not following a regular pattern, schedule, or set of rules.
- adj In grammar, not following the standard patterns of conjugation or inflection.
nonstandard — full definition
- adj Not standard.
- adj Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.