壓根兒
yà​gēn​r

from the start

  • created sense approved 压根儿/壓根兒 · yà​gēn​r · from the start — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    压根儿 / 壓根兒

    yà​gēn​r

    from the start

    (colloquial) from the very beginning; in the first place; at all. Usually used in the negative to mean "never" or "simply not", often followed by [[就|就|jiu4]] for emphasis.

    yā​gēn​r

    压 (literal) → 压/壓 · yà · [intensifier] 根儿 (literal) → 根儿/根兒 · gēn​r · origin

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

    created sense