不休
bù xiū
Pinyin

Definition

不休
 - 
bù xiū
  1. endlessly
  2. ceaselessly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than

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

哈哈！你说的倒是真的，我还有点怀念几年前大家在餐桌上为了冷知识争论不休的日子，现在各自掏出手机就结束话题了。
hāhā ！nǐ shuō de dàoshì zhēnde ，wǒ hái yǒudiǎnr huáiniàn jǐnián qián dàjiā zài cānzhuō shàng wèile lěngzhīshi zhēnglùnbùxiū de rìzi ，xiànzài gèzì tāochū shǒujī jiù jiéshù huàtí le 。
Ha ha! You're right there. I kind of miss the days a few years ago when we would have lively arguments around the dinner table over trivia. Now everyone just takes out their phones and the topic is over.
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可不是嘛，远的不说，就说国籍问题，最近我姐姐和姐夫还争论不休呢。我姐夫是美国人，美国法律允许多重国籍，可是孩子在中国出生，而中国是不承认双重国籍的。
kě bùshì ma ，yuǎn de bù shuō ，jiù shuō guójí wèntí ，zuìjìn wǒ jiějie hé jiěfu huán zhēnglùnbùxiū ne 。wǒ jiěfu shì měiguórén ，Měiguó fǎlǜ yǔnxǔ duō chóng guójí ，kěshì háizi zài Zhōngguó chūshēng ，ér Zhōngguó shì bù chéngrèn shuāngchóng guójí de 。
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