下不为例 (下不為例)
xià bù wéi lì
Pinyin

Definition

下不为例 (下不為例)
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xià bù wéi lì
  1. not to be repeated
  2. not to be taken as a precedent
  3. just this once

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
下
xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downwards
  3. 3 below
  4. 4 lower
  5. 5 later
  6. 6 next (week etc)
  7. 7 second (of two parts)
  8. 8 to decline
  9. 9 to go down
  10. 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
下载
xià zǎi
  1. 1 to download
  2. 2 also pr. [xià zài]
不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
一下子
yī xià zi
  1. 1 in a short while
  2. 2 all at once
  3. 3 all of a sudden

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

机会？给过你机会了，这种事能开玩笑吗？我上次已经说过，下不为例！你脑子进水还是耳朵长茧？
jīhuì ？gěi guò nǐ jīhuì le ，zhèzhǒng shì néng kāi wánxiào ma ？wǒ shàngcì yǐjīng shuō guò ，xià bù wéi lì ！nǐ nǎozi jìn shuǐ háishì ěrduo zhǎngjiǎn ？
A chance? I gave you a chance before, you think this is a joke? I told you last time that you couldn't do this again! Is it that your brain is fried or that you're deaf?
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