罢休
bà​xiū HSK7

to give up

罢休 罷休 bà//xiū
to give up verb
to give up or let a matter drop; to stop or abandon an activity, often used in negative sentences or rhetorical questions

警察答应不抓获全部罪犯决不罢休。

jǐng​chá dā​ying bù zhuā​huò quán​bù zuì​fàn jué​bù bà xiū.

The police promised not to rest until all the criminals were caught.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
4.38 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
1.93 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)