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  Trad Simp Mandarin Definition Days old Ver
[[bu4]] /no; not so/(bound form) not; un-/ 931 2
[[jia1]] /to add/(math.) plus/to increase; to augment/(used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1jia1 gai3liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")/ 500 2
[[jie5]] /particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective/(dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element/ 530 2
[[jiu4]] /(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then/(after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after/(same as 就是[jiu4shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly/only; as little as/as much as; as many as/to approach; to move towards/to undertake; to engage in/(often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of/(of food) to go with/with regard to; concerning/(bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1cu4er2jiu4])/(pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still .../(pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be .../ 143 2
[[lai2]] /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])/ 930 2
[[liao3]] /to finish/(used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget")/(literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least/to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3])/ 530 2
無時無刻 无时无刻 [[wu2shi2-wu2ke4]] /(idiom) (when followed by 不[bu4]) at no time; never (Note: 無時無刻不|无时无刻不[wu2shi2-wu2ke4 bu4] therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".)/(when not followed by 不[bu4]) at all times; always/ 902 2
[xiao1] /to diminish; to subside/to consume; to reduce/to idle away (the time)/(after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take/ 1229 1
則已 则已 [[ze2yi3]] /(literary) used in expressions of the form 不[bu4] + (verb) + 則已|则已[ze2yi3] ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."/ 22 2

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