Usually means: Effortless action through non-interference.
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  1. wu wei: Merriam-Webster
  2. wu-wei: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wu-wei: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. wu-wei, wu wei: Dictionary.com
  5. Wu Wei (disambiguation), Wu Wei (painter), Wu Wei, Wu-wei, Wu wei: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. wu wei: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wu wei)

▸ noun:  A state of effortless inaction, in Taoism or Chinese statecraft.

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non-action, non-doing, non-interference, Taoism, anna, China, clan, lake, minister, rap, more...

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Wei Wu Wei, more...

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non-action, non-doing, non-interference, Taoism, anna, China, clan, lake, minister, rap, more...

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Wei Wu Wei, more...



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