不像
búxiàngTraditional: 不像
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Translation
to not resemble, to be unlike, not like
Word origin
A compound of the negative 不 (bù) and the verb 像 (xiàng, to resemble, to be like), giving the sense of not resembling something.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 不 (bù, not) + 像 (xiàng, to resemble)
Stroke order
不
像
Examples
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He does not look like his father.
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Today's weather is not like summer.
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This is not like you at all.
座。
This house is not as big as it looked in the photo.
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The way he speaks does not seem like a teacher.
不像 (bú xiàng) means to not resemble or to be unlike something, the negation of 像. It also softens into "it is not like..." when commenting that a situation or behaviour is out of character.
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