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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 时不再来

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
时不再来 shí bù zài lái - Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 38,342 81,762 51,822

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
时 shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
时 shí- surname Shi
时 shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
再 zài- again; once more; re-
- further; beyond this point of time
- (before an adjective) more
- then (after sth, and not until then)
- no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis)
- (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4ze2], 再就是[zai4jiu4shi4] etc)
- (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
来 lái- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])

Other Words Containing 时不再来

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
时不再来 - - 38,342 81,762 51,822