不見 (bat1 gin3 | bu4*2 jian4) : not see

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不見

bat1 gin3

bu4*2 jian4

not see; not meet; unable to find | Cant.: 唔見

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,800,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

不見 / 不见

This word has been viewed 1369 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 21st Nov 2004 06:19 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

不 bat1 - not; no; un-
見 gin3 jin6 - see; meet; view; show evidence of

15 compounds containing this word:

好久不見 - long time no see
很久不見 - long time no see
不見得 - not necessarily; not likely
不見了 - disappear; be missing
不見棺材不落淚 - not shed a tear until one sees the coffin - refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
不見的 - [adj] missing
看不見 - unseen
不見森林 - fail to see the wood for the trees
見牙不見眼 - smiling broadly (such that one "sees the teeth and not the eyes")
不見經傳 - not to be found in the classics
一日不見如隔三秋 - one day (away from a dear one) seems like three years
不見不散 - not leaving untill seeing each other
視而不見 - to see but not really see; turn a blind eye to
視而不見，聽而不聞 - take no notice; to appear to looking and listening, but not really
殺人不見血 - to kill or destroy a person with finesse

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