Definition
不复 is a literary adverb meaning 'no longer' or 'not again'. It is used before verbs in formal and written Chinese, often in fixed expressions like 不复存在 (no longer exist) and 不复返 (never return). It carries a more emphatic and classical tone than the colloquial 不再.
adv.
no longer (before verbs, literary)
Examples
- 。Guòqù de měihǎo shíguāng yǐjīng bù fù cúnzài.The beautiful past no longer exists.
- 不复。Tā fāshì bù fù yǐnjiǔ.He swore never to drink again.
- 不复。Nà jiàn shì hòulái bù fù tíqǐ.That matter was never brought up again later.
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