不带 (不帶)
bù dài
Pinyin
Definition
不带 (不帶)
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- not to have
- without
- un-
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
Sample Sentences
哎,我真羡慕你。人活一辈子,图什么呢?钱、地位,这些东西生不带来死不带去。
Oh, I really admire you. All through their lives, what do people try to get? Money, status—you don’t have these things when you’re born, and you can’t take them with you when you die.