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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不兴 [bùxīng]
  1. 1. out of fashion; outmoded
    现在不兴中山装了。
    The Chinese tunic suit is out of fashion now.
  2. 2. impermissible; not allowed
    不兴这样做。
    That's not allowed.
  3. 3. (only used in a rhetorical question) can't
    你干吗嚷嚷,就不兴小点儿声吗?
    Why shout? Can't you lower your voice a little?

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不兴 [bùxīng]
  1. 1. 不合时尚;不流行
    这种款式已经不兴
  2. 2. 不许
    对叔叔阿姨不兴这样无礼
  3. 3. 不能(用于反问句)
    你就不兴再等一会儿吗?

Examples

现在不兴中山装了。
The Chinese tunic suit is out of fashion now. 不兴
不兴这样做。
That's not allowed. 不兴
你干吗嚷嚷,就不兴小点儿声吗?
Why shout? Can't you lower your voice a little? 不兴
清风徐来,水波不兴
A cool breeze blew gently, without starting a ripple. 清风
我们这儿不兴这一套。
We don't go in for that sort of thing here.
不兴胡说!
None of your nonsense!
在中国, 已经不兴打千这种礼节了。
The manner of daqian (saluting by kneeling on the left knee and slightly bending the right one with the left hand hanging down) is no longer popular in China. 打千
不兴装神弄鬼。
不兴打人骂人。
现在我们这儿年下不兴放鞭炮了。 年下

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