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不下

búxià

not less than; no fewer than

A big crowd of paper-cut people in a hall
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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

下 xià

Strokes
3
Radical
一 — one
Made of
一 one 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这项考古工程前后投入了不下三十名专家,才完成初步整理。 Zhè xiàng kǎogǔ gōngchéng qiánhòu tóurù le búxià sānshí míng zhuānjiā, cái wánchéng chūbù zhěnglǐ. This archaeological project involved no fewer than thirty experts before the preliminary sorting was completed.
  • 昨天的晚会来了不下两百人。 Zuótiān de wǎnhuì lái le búxià liǎng bǎi rén. No fewer than two hundred people came to yesterday's party.
  • 这本书我读了不下五遍,每次都有新的感受。 Zhè běn shū wǒ dú le búxià wǔ biàn, měi cì dōu yǒu xīn de gǎnshòu. I have read this book no fewer than five times, and each time I feel something new.

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