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HSK
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  *不* | 不* | *不
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
HSK 1
incorrect / wrong / amiss / abnormal / queer
HSK 1
need not
HSK 1
not very / not too / not often
HSK 1
you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt
HSK 1
not enough / insufficient / inadequate
HSK 2
don't!; must not
HSK 2
not only (... but also ...)
HSK 2
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
HSK 2
only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)
HSK 2
many / a lot / not few
HSK 2
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
HSK 2
not necessarily / maybe
HSK 2
correct / right / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
dissatisfied; discontented; resentful / (before a number) to be less than
HSK 2
different / distinct / not the same / not alike
HSK 2
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to
HSK 2
whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
HSK 3
unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant
HSK 3
unpeaceful / unstable / uneasy / disturbed / restless / worried
HSK 3
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
not the only one / not only
HSK 3
need not / does not have to / not necessarily
HSK 3
not just; not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
HSK 3
not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
HSK 4
not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter
HSK 4
not to care
HSK 4
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but
HSK 4
bad / harmful / unhealthy
HSK 5
insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
HSK 5
incessant
HSK 5
misfortune / adversity / unfortunate / sad / unfortunately / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to
HSK 5
not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging
HSK 5
unfavorable / disadvantageous / harmful / detrimental
HSK 5
hasn't yet; hasn't ever
HSK 5
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
impatient / to lose patience
HSK 5
inevitably
HSK 5
lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me
HSK 5
from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently
HSK 5
have to / cannot but
HSK 5
not to allow / must not / can't
HSK 5
in spite of; regardless of
HSK 5
to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical
HSK 6
unexpectedly / to one's surprise
HSK 6
won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
HSK 6
inconvenient / inappropriate / unsuitable / short of cash
HSK 6
unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
HSK 6
not only; not just
HSK 6
not very / not particularly
HSK 6
no more; no longer
HSK 6
not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing
HSK 6
not worth
HSK 6
can't help (doing sth) / can't refrain from
HSK 6
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
HSK 6
indefinite / indeterminate / (botany) adventitious
HSK 7-9
cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely
HSK 7-9
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
unhealthy tendency
HSK 7-9
(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
HSK 7-9
to leave without saying good-bye
HSK 7-9
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
HSK 7-9
to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire
HSK 7-9
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite
HSK 7-9
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
HSK 7-9
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
HSK 7-9
not known to anyone / secret / unknown
HSK 7-9
needless to say; it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble
HSK 7-9
not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to
HSK 7-9
not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth)
HSK 7-9
(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly
HSK 7-9
there is no harm in; might as well
HSK 7-9
to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore
HSK 7-9
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
HSK 7-9
uneven / injustice / unfairness / wrong / grievance / indignant / dissatisfied
HSK 7-9
unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary
HSK 7-9
unavoidably
HSK 7-9
to disdain to do sth / to think sth not worth doing / to feel it beneath one's dignity
HSK 7-9
slack / in a slump
HSK 7-9
untiring / unremitting / indefatigable
HSK 7-9
unwilling to concede / defiant / indignant / to find it galling
HSK 7-9
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
not suitable / inadvisable / inappropriate
HSK 7-9
incautious / inattentive
HSK 7-9
not necessarily / not likely
HSK 7-9
no less than / not inferior to
HSK 7-9
lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius) / fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
HSK 7-9
unreasonable / shocking / outrageous
HSK 7-9
not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit
HSK 7-9
out of the ordinary / unusual
HSK 7-9
must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate
HSK 7-9
to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight
HSK 7-9
not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
HSK 7-9
unwell / indisposed / out of sorts
HSK 7-9
disrespect / irreverent / rude / insufficiently respectful (to a superior)

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