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无不 (wú bù) — (adverb, formal) all; every one without exception

Definition

Formal adverb meaning 'all / every one without exception', used in writing to emphasize a universal reaction or quality. Stronger and more literary than the everyday 全都.

adverb
(adverb, formal) allevery one without exception

Examples

  • 无不。
    Zài chǎng de guān zhòng wú bù bèi tā de biǎo yǎn gǎn dòng.
    Every audience member present was moved by his performance.
  • 无不。
    Tóng xué men wú bù wéi zhè cì chéng gōng gǎn dào jiāo ào.
    All the students felt proud of this success.
  • 无不。
    Yù huì zhě wú bù zàn tóng zhè xiàng gǎi gé fāng àn.
    Every participant agreed with this reform plan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

无wúno
不bùnot

无 and 不 both say not; together they mean there is no exception, i.e. all.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 無; 无 is its simplified writing.

For the simplified 无, the story is about 無. 無 drew a person dancing with ox tails held in both hands to pray for rain, then was borrowed for 'have no', so the picture does not explain that meaning.

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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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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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