不衰 (bù shuāi) — to never decline, to endure, to remain unstoppable

Definition

Literary verb meaning 'to never decline or weaken' — used for things that endure over time, like passion, popularity, or style. Always stays together as a fixed phrase; not used as a general negative of 衰.

verb
to never declineto endureto remain unstoppable

Examples

  • 。
    Zhè zhǒng fēng gé jīng jiǔ bù shuāi.
    This style has endured and never declined.
  • 不衰，。
    Tā de rè qíng bù shuāi, yì zhí jiān chí yán jiū.
    His passion never wanes; he keeps researching persistently.
  • 不衰。
    Nà ge pǐn pái de chǎn pǐn xiāo liàng bù shuāi.
    The sales of that brand's products never decline.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

不bùnot
衰shuāiweaken

不 'not' and 衰 'weaken' combine to mean never weakening or enduring.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The picture in 不 originally showed a flower’s calyx; the “no” sense came later from a related character, not from this picture.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old form of 衰 pictures a palm-fiber raincoat, a garment later written with another character.

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