并不 (並不)
bìng bù
Pinyin

Definition

并不 (並不)
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bìng bù
  1. not at all
  2. emphatically not

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

没文化真可怕，那，简单的说就是一件事儿要成事，并不只是一方面的原因造成的，比如说，不仅仅是能力问题，而是各种因素综合而成的结果，我这不是在安慰你了吗？
méi wénhuà zhēn kěpà ，nà ，jiǎndān de shuō jiùshì yī jiàn shìr yào chéng shì ，bìngbù zhǐshì yīfāngmiàn de yuányīn zàochéng de ，bǐrú shuō ，bùjǐnjǐn shì nénglì wèntí ，érshì gèzhǒng yīnsù zōnghé ér chéng de jiéguǒ ，wǒ zhè bùshì zài ānwèi nǐ le ma ？
It's so terrible to lack in cultivation. So then, simply speaking, it means that for something to happen, there isn't only one cause. For example, it's not necessarily only a question of ability, but rather the result of a series of causes all tied up together. I'm comforting you, see?
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是的，立法禁止并不代表代理孕母现象会就此消失。
shì de ，lìfǎ jìnzhǐ bìngbù dàibiǎo dàilǐyùnmǔ xiànxiàng huì jiù cǐ xiāoshī 。
Yes, making a law to forbid something doesn't mean the phenomenon of surrogacy will disappear.
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巴西国博大火背后：一场并不意外的悲剧？
Bāxī guóbó dà huǒ bèihòu ：yīchǎng bìngbù yìwài de bēijù ？
Behind the Brazil National Museum fire : a tragedy that was not from an accident?
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个人主义在传统大家庭里并不适用。
gèrén zhǔyì zài chuántǒng dàjiātíng lǐ bìngbù shìyòng 。
Individualism is not applicable in large traditional families.
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