不 bù

1. bù adverb not; no
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Negation 否定
   Notes: 不 is used for simple negation, as opposed to 没, which is used for existence. 不 is used before adjectives, adverbs, and verbs, except 有 (Li Shaoqi, 2003, p. 26; Ho 2002, '不'; NCCED '不' 1). For example, 不知道是怎回事 '[He] did not he did not know how that was possible.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 207) This use is similar in both modern and literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 103). For example, in literary Chinese, 不可，直不百步耳，是亦走也。'They should not do so. Though they did not run a hundred paces, yet they also ran away.' (Meng 1.3/1/26, translation by Legge) The tone is changed to bú when 不 is followed by a syllable with fourth tone, in accordance with tone sandhi 变调. For example, 不去 bú qù 'will not go' (Sun 2006, loc. 545). 不 is the sixth most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '不').
2. bù adverb expresses that a certain condition cannot be acheived
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Negation 否定
   Notes: In this pattern 不 is used after a verb to form a complement (Li Shaoqi, 2003, p. 27; NCCED '不' 7) For example, 洗不掉 'could not be washed away.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 211).
3. bù adverb as a correlative
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
   Notes: Used to form as a correlative with 就 in the pattern 不 ... 就 (NCCED '不' 9)...
4. bù adverb no (answering a question)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: 不 can be used independently to answer a preceding question (Li Shaoqi, 2003, p. 26; NCCED '不' 5).
5. bù adverb forms a negative adjective from a noun
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Negation 否定
   Notes: For example, 不运气 'unlucky' (NCCED '不' 4)
6. bù adverb at the end of a sentence to form a question
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
   Notes: In this form 不 is used at the end of the sentence to turn it into a question (NCCED '不' 6).
7. bù adverb to form a yes or no question
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
   Notes: In this form 不 is used to offer an alternative as part of a question (NCCED '不' 8). For example, 商量商量好不好？ 'Can we talk about it?' (Lao She, 2003, p. 216)
8. bù infix infix potential marker
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Negation 否定
   Notes: 不 is one of the two infixes in Chinese, the other being 得 'can'. For example, 看不见 'cannot see' (Sun 2006, loc. 728).

Contained in

• 四不可说(四不可說) the four indescribables
• 古人不见今时月 今月曾经照古人(古人不見今時月 今月曾經照古人) Those from times past were unable to see today's moon; Yet today's moon once shone on those from bygone times.
• 能立不遣过(能立不遣過) an error because what establishes is not withdrawn
• 如何认识佛光山 1.要看佛光山的内容，不要只看佛光山的外相 2.要看佛光山的大众，不要只看佛光山的个人 3.要看佛光山的制度，不要只看佛光山的个案 4.要看佛光山的历史，不要只看佛光山的一时(如何認識佛光山 1.要看佛光山的內容，不要只看佛光山的外相 2.要看佛光山的大眾，不要只看佛光山的個人 3.要看佛光山的制度，不要只看佛光山的個案 4.要看佛光山的歷史，不要只看佛光山的一時) The Directions of Development for Fo Guang Shan Temples 1. Harmony between tradition and modernism. 2. Co-ownership by monastic and lay disciples. 3. Equal emphasis on practice and understanding. 4. Integration of Buddhism, literature and arts.
• 一日修来一日功 一日不修一日空 真正修行在日常 佛道本在生活中(一日修來一日功 一日不修一日空 真正修行在日常 佛道本在生活中) Each day's worth of practice is each day's worth of merit, Each day's share of negligence is each day's share of vanity; True practice is found within everyday life, Because the Buddha is nowhere but in life itself.
• 瞋拳不打笑面 no smiling face will ever be struck by a fist of anger
• 远亲不如近邻(遠親不如近鄰) A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor . Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers. ; neighbors are better than distant relatives
• 不为人说底法(不為人說底法) a truth that has not been spoken
• 不上关系(不上關係) irrelevant
• 四不坏信(四不壞信) four objects of indestructible faith
• 两俱不成过(兩俱不成過) the error related to something not established by both parties
• 十不二门(十不二門) Ten Gates of Non-Duality

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百年不遇 、 不胫而走 、 不言利害 、 不知轻重 、 三不 、 恨不得 、 不抵抗主义 、 负担不起 、 不规则四边形 、 不舒适 、 不值一文 、 从来不 、 扶不起的阿斗 、 络绎不绝 、 差不多的 、 不甘示弱 、 不厌 、 灰不喇唧 、 遥不可及 、 君子报仇，十年不晚 、 不诚实 、 不好说 、 不一样 、 必不可少 、 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 、 刻不容缓 、 坚持不渝 、 连续不断 、 不期然而然 、 活得不耐烦 、 不息 、 不为已甚 、 不偏斜 、 不识时务 、 不定冠词 、 良莠不齐 、 短褐不完 、 悲不自胜 、 不名数

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