不休 bùxiū
bùxiū
noun
endlessly; ceaselessly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不休')
Contained in
- 不死不休 to fight to one's last gasp
- 不眠不休 without stopping to sleep or have a rest
- 喋喋不休 to chatter or jabber on and on
- 刺刺不休 to talk incessantly; to chatter on and on
- 一不做，二不休 don't do it, or don't rest; either give up, or go through to the end
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《天下》 Tian Xia Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 3
- 卷七 精神訓 Chapter 7: Spirit Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 3
- 卷十九 趙二 Chapter 19: Zhao II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 3
- 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 3
- 卷三 Scroll 3 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 2
- 卷十七 說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 2
- 卷十九 脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 2
- 卷二百四十四 列傳第一百三十二 楊漣 左光斗 魏大中 周朝瑞 袁化中 顧大章 王之寀 Volume 244 Biographies 132: Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, Gu Dazhang, Wang Zhicai History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
- 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 2
- 卷三 建本 Chapter 3: Building a Foundation Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 2
Collocations
- 日夜不休 (日夜不休) 日夜不休 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 10
- 兵革不休 (兵革不休) 兵革不休 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 二不休 (二不休) 二不休 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 5
- 不休息 (不休息) 朝夕不休息焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧陳‧株林 Lessons from the states - Odes of Chen - Zhu Lin — count: 5
- 旬不休 (旬不休) 彌旬不休 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷三十七 志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements — count: 4
- 征伐不休 (征伐不休) 而征伐不休 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧小戎 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Xiao Rong — count: 3
- 罔不休 (罔不休) 乃罔不休 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命中（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue II (forged) — count: 3
- 下笔不休 (下筆不休) 下筆不休 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷二十五 列傳第十九 周捨 徐勉 Volume 25: Zhou She; Xu Mian — count: 3
- 功不休 (功不休) 連日夜論確功不休 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百三十三 列傳第一百九十二 儒林三 邵伯溫 喻樗 洪興祖 高閌 程大昌 林之奇 林光朝 楊萬里 Volume 433 Biographies 192: Confucian Scholars 3 - Shao Bowen, Yu Chu, Hong Xingzu, Gao Kang, Cheng Dachang, Lin Zhiqi, Lin Guangchao, Yang Wanli — count: 2
- 人不休 (人不休) 度人不休 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百〇一 列傳第五十一: 李乂 薛登 韋湊 韓思復 張廷珪 王求禮 辛替否 Volume 101 Biographies 51: Li Yi, Xue Deng, Wei Cou, Han Sifu, Zhang Tinggui, Wang Qiuli, Xin Tifou — count: 2