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  • 1

    v.be out of date; out of fashion; outmoded

    • zhè lǐ zǎo jiù bù xīng xiù huā xié le

      这里早就不兴绣花鞋

      Embroidered shoes are no longer in fashion here.

    • xiàn zài zhōng shān zhuāng bù xīng le

      现在中山装不兴

      The Chinese tunic suit is out of fashion now.

    • xiàn zài bù xīng yǒu liú hǎi r le

      现在不兴刘海儿

      Bangs are out of fashion now.

  • 2

    v.not allow; not permit; impermissible

    • dà ren shuō huà xiǎo hái zǐ bù xīng chā zuǐ

      大人说话小孩子不兴插嘴

      Children are not allowed to cut in when adults are talking.

  • 3

    v.(used in rhetorical questions) can't

    • jiù bù xīng xiǎo diǎn shēng ma

      不兴

      Can't you keep it down?

    • nǐ lǎo shì ràng wǒ zuò zuo yè jiù bù xīng wán huì r ma

      老是做作不兴会儿

      You are always after me about my homework. Can't I play for a while?

  • 4

    v.not rise

    • hú miàn píng jìng bō lán bù xīng

      湖面平静波澜不兴

      The lake was calm, without even a ripple.

    • chuán huì tíng kào zài nà lǐ yìng chèn zài yī piàn shuǐ bō bù xīng de zhàn lán hǎi shuǐ zhī zhōng

      停靠那里映衬一片水波不兴湛蓝海水之中

      The ship would lie there mirrored in a perfectly unmoving glossy sea.