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not; no
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
simp. and trad.
(不下)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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不下

  1. (formal) to be not less than
  2. (formal) to not be inferior to
  3. (literary) to not concede
  4. (literary) to not capture
  5. used after a verb to indicate inability or incompletion
    空兒不夠不下洗衣機 [MSC, trad.]
    空儿不够不下洗衣机 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhèi kòngr bùgòu, fàng bùxià xǐyījī. [Pinyin]
    This space is not enough to put a washing machine in.

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