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Usage of the character 毋

[毋]
  • (literary) no
  • don't
  • to not have
  • nobody
[毋]
  • surname Wu
wúwàng
毋忘
[毋忘]
  • Don't forget! (literary)
wúyōng
毋庸
[毋庸]
  • no need for
wúnìng
毋宁
[毋寧]
  • not as good as
  • would rather
shāo'ānwúzào
稍安毋躁
[稍安毋躁]
  • variant of 少安毋躁 (shǎo'ānwúzào)
shǎo'ānwúzào
少安毋躁
[少安毋躁]
  • keep calm, don't get excited
  • don't be impatient
nìngquēwúlàn
宁缺毋滥
[寧缺毋濫]
  • better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
bēizhī,wúshèngāolùn
卑之,毋甚高论
[卑之,毋甚高論]
  • my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
  • what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
bùzìyóu,wúnìngsǐ
不自由,毋宁死
[不自由,毋寧死]
  • give me liberty or give me death