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minus-squareKaplyahexbear8·edit-28 months agolmao 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 link
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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