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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不在 [búzài]
  1. 1. not be in; be out; away;out
    你找老王吗? 他不在
    Are you looking for Lao Wang? He's out.

Examples

你找老王吗? 他不在
Are you looking for Lao Wang? He's out. 不在
她摩托车都会骑,自行车更不在话下了。
She can ride a motorcycle, to say nothing of a bicycle. 不在话下
他爷爷早就不在了。
His grandfather has been dead a long time. 不在了
我父母都不在了。
My parents are both dead.
我跟他不在一个单位,所以很少过话。
We don't work in the same outfit, so we haven't talked much. 过话
不在讨论之列
not among the subjects to be discussed
这两笔开支不在一个年份。
These two expenditures were not incurred in the same year. 年份
不在,我代他签收这些文件。
He's not here. I'll sign for these documents on his behalf. 签收
她情愿粉身碎骨,也不在敌人面前屈服。
She would rather be cut to pieces than yield to the enemy. 情愿
不在人世
be no longer living; be no longer in the land of the living 人世

Word Decomposition


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