卻不
què​bù

but not

  • created sense approved 却不/卻不 · què​bù · but not — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    却不 / 卻不

    què​bù

    but not

    but not; however not; used to indicate a contrast where something expected does not happen

    却 (literal) → 却/卻 · què · but 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 却不/卻不 · què​bù · isn't it — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    却不 / 卻不

    què​bù

    isn't it

    used at the beginning of a rhetorical question to mean "is it not" or "wouldn't it be"

    却 (literal) → 却/卻 · què · now 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense