Definition
无害 is a verb-object (v.o.) construction meaning 'to have no harm'. It is commonly used in the pattern 对...无害 ('harmless to something'). As a separable structure, you can insert adjectives or other elements between 无 and 害, e.g., 无大害 ('no great harm'). In formal written Chinese, 无害 can also carry the sense of 'incomparable' or 'without equal', praising something as peerless.
v.o.
(verb-object) to be harmlessto cause no harm(in written Chinese) incomparablewithout equal
Examples
- 无害。Zhè zhǒng xīn yào duì réntǐ wánquán wú hài.This new drug is completely harmless to the human body.
- 。Zhè zhǒng huàxué wùzhì bìngfēi wú dà hài.This chemical substance is not without great harm.
- 无害。Tā de cáihuá zài dāngshì wú hài.His talent is incomparable in the current age.
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