• Kaplya
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    8 months ago

    lmao

    道可道 the path you can take
    非常道 is not the usual path

    道 means road/path/way
    可 means can

    道可道 means the path/way you can go/take

    非 means not, 常 by itself means normal/conventional/usual, but 非常 together means very (lit. unusual but common usage simply means “very”)

    the translator interpreted it as 非常 道 “very road” lol when it should be 非 常道 “not the normal/conventional path”

    名 means name

    名可名 the name you can name
    非常名 is not the usual name