B2 · Grammar reference · ASG7R8US
Expressing "never again" with "zai ye bu"
Sometimes you may do something or experience something that you never ever want to do again. How do we express that in Chinese? One of the ways is to use this quirky combination of three little words: 再也不 (zài yě bù)!
- Keywords
- 再也不 · 了 · 再 · 也 · 不 · never · again
- Used for
- Expressing time and date · Referring to the future
- Classification
- Adverbs
Examples (10)
我再也不想看到你了！
我再也不想跟你说话了。
我们再也不会相信你了！
医生说她再也不能跳舞了。
我再也不要离开你了。
从那以后，我再也没去过酒吧。
出国以后，我再也没吃过地道的中国菜。
分手以后，他们再也没见过。
毕业以后，她再也没花过父母的钱。
考完试以后，我再也没碰过那些书。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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