不以 bùyǐ

  1. bùyǐ verb not because of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 不因 (Guoyu '不以' 1)
  2. bùyǐ verb not use
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 不用 (Guoyu '不以' 2)
  3. bùyǐ verb not care about
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, in 出师表 To Lead out the Army, by Zhuge Liang in Scroll 37 of 文選 ”Wen Xuan”, 先帝不以臣卑鄙 'The former emperor took no account of my lowly station.' (Guoyu '不以' 3; Pollard 2002, p. 27)

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