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(cóng bù) - never, at no time in Mandarin

cóng

Traditional: 從不

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Translation

never, at no time

Word origin

A compound of 从 (cóng, from, ever) and 不 (bù, not), expressing that something has at no time happened up to the present.

Origin
compound
Root
从 (cóng, ever) + 不 (bù, not)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 从

Stroke order for 不

Examples

He is never late.

yān

I never smoke.

She never lies.

This person never gives up.

They never forget old friends.

从不 (cóng bù) is an adverb meaning never. It combines 从 with the negator 不 to deny that an action ever takes place, usually for habitual situations.

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This word is part of lesson 33.