created sense approved 未尝/未嘗 · wèicháng · not ever — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
未尝 / 未嘗
wèicháng
not ever
not ever; never; have not in the past
未 (literal) → 未 · wèi · not yet 尝 (literal) → 尝/嘗 · cháng · once
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 未尝/未嘗 · wèicháng · not necessarily — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
未尝 / 未嘗
wèicháng
not necessarily
Used before a negative word to create a soft double negative, meaning "not necessarily" or "not that ... not".
未 (literal) → 未 · wèi · not 尝 (literal) → 尝/嘗 · cháng · once
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition