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不在乎

búzàihu

to not care about

A relaxed person shrugging near a hat
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Characters in this word

不 bù

Strokes
4
Radical
一 — one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

在 zài

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
才 ability, talent, gift 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我不在乎。 Wǒ búzàihu. I do not care.
  • 他不在乎钱。 Tā búzàihu qián. He does not care about money.
  • 她不在乎输。 Tā búzàihu shū. She does not care about losing.

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