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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不见 [bújiàn]
  1. 1. not see; not meet
    好久不见
    Haven't seen you for a long time.
    这孩子一年不见,长这么高了。
    It's only a year since I last saw the child and he's grown so tall.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不见 [bújiàn]
  1. 1. 不见
    不见不散
    多年不见,你还是老样儿
  2. 2. (东西)找不着了(后面必须带"了")
    钢笔不见

Examples

不见古人,后不见来者
我在暗中什么也看不见
I couldn't see anything in the dark.
这孩子一年不见,长这么高了。
It's only a year since I last saw the child and he's grown so tall.
啥也瞅不见
can't see anything
三年不见,这姑娘出落得更漂亮了。
The girl has grown prettier than ever since I last saw her three years ago.
她在车站外东张西望了一会,看不见有接她的人。
She stood outside the station, looking round in all directions, but apparently no one had come to meet her.
我的表刚才还在桌上的呢,怎么转眼就不见了,真是怪事!
Strange! My watch was on the desk a minute ago, and now it has disappeared.
窗外有个人影儿一晃就不见了。
A figure flashed past the window.
进屋一看,孩子不见了,她急眼了。
When she came into the room and saw that her child was nowhere to be seen, she became very anxious.

Word Decomposition


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[jiàn]

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