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无 is the simplified form of 無, which originally depicted a person dancing with ox tails or bird feathers hanging from the arms as part of a ritual to pray for rain. This pictograph was the early form of 舞 (dance). Because the spoken words for "dance" and "without" sounded alike, the character was borrowed phonetically to represent absence or negation, and a distinct character 舞 was later created for dancing. The simplified 无 derives from a cursive shorthand of 無, condensing the complex upper elements and the four fire-dots at the bottom into a spare framework of horizontal and vertical strokes that no longer reveals the dancer.
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我对此事无能为力。
今天真是无聊的一天。
他对这个提议毫无兴趣。
这个消息目前无法确认。
房间里空无一人。
警方表示无可奉告。
他的论证严密，无懈可击。
他无私地帮助他人，从不求回报。
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