永不 (yǒng bú) — will never (emphatic, before a verb in formal o…

Definition

永不 (yǒng bú) is a formal, emphatic 'never' placed before a verb in writing or speeches. Stronger than 不 and more solemn than 从不.

verb

will never (emphatic, before a verb in formal or solemn contexts)

永不。
Wǒ yǒng bú wàng jì lǎo shī de jiào dǎo.
I will never forget my teacher's guidance.
永不。
Tā men yǒng bú fàng qì zì jǐ de mèng xiǎng.
They will never give up their dreams.
永不。
Tā de jīng shén yǒng bú jī lì wǒ men qián jìn.
His spirit will forever inspire us to move forward.

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.

永 (forever) combines with 不 (not) to mean never.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 永 was drawn as a long river with side streams, or as a person swimming in water.

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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