不待 bù dài

1. bù dài phrase not need
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 用不着 (Guoyu '不待' 1)
2. bù dài phrase not plan to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不打算 (Guoyu '不待' 2)
3. bù dài phrase cannot wait
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 等不及 (Guoyu '不待' 3)

Contained in

• 自不待言 needless to say; it goes without saying
• 不待说(不待說) needless to say; it goes without saying

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 君道篇第十二 Chapter 12: The Way of the Sovereign Xunzi 荀子 — count: 8
• 卷第五 湯問篇 Chapter 5: The Questions of Tang Liezi 列子 — count: 8
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 7
• 《盡心章句上》 Commentary on Jin Xin I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 5
• 性惡篇第二十三 Chapter 23: Human Nature is Evil Xunzi 荀子 — count: 4
• 卷六十五 吳書二十 王樓賀韋華傳 Volume 65: Book of Wu 20 - Biographies of Wang, Lou, He, Wei, and Hua Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 4
• 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 4
• 大略篇第二十七 Chapter 27: Great Summary Xunzi 荀子 — count: 4
• 《公孫丑章句上》 Commentary on Gong Sun Chou I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 4
• 《萬章章句下》 Commentary on Wan Zhang II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 3

Collocations

• 攻不待 (攻不待) 則其攻不待權與 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 4
• 不待冲 (不待沖) 故攻不待沖隆雲梯而城拔 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 3
• 不待时 (不待時) 功不待時 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經說上 Book 10 - Exposition of Canon I — count: 3
• 不待试 (不待試) 然而敵國不待試而詘 — Xunzi 荀子, 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary — count: 3
• 敌国不待 (敵國不待) 敵國不待服而詘 — Xunzi 荀子, 君道篇第十二 Chapter 12: The Way of the Sovereign — count: 3
• 卑贱不待 (卑賤不待) 卑賤不待尊貴而見 — Guanzi 管子, 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts — count: 2
• 不待贬 (不待貶) 不待貶絕而罪惡見者 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
• 不待见 (不待見) 農夫夜寢蚤起不待見使 — Guanzi 管子, 山至數第七十六 Chapter 76: Travelling to the Mountains — count: 2
• 不待财 (不待財) 不待財而富 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 2
• 不待教 (不待教) 是不待教而誅者也 — Mencius 孟子, 萬章下 Wan Zhang II — count: 2