必 bì
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bì
adverb
certainly; must; will; necessarily
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 必 is used as an adverb before verbs and noun predicates in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 122). For example, 是故君子有大道,必忠信以得之 'Thus we see that the sovereign [junzi] has a great course to pursue. He must show entire self-devotion and sincerity to attain it.' (Book of Rites, Great Learning 禮記‧大學, trans. by Legge 1885; Guoyu '必' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '必' 1; NCCED '必' 1) -
bì
auxiliary verb
must
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 必 is used as an auxiliary verb in this sense in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '必' v; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 122) -
bì
adverb
if; suppose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 假设 or 如果 (Guoyu '必' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '必' 2) -
bì
proper noun
Bi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '必' n)
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- 围师必阙(圍師必闕) when you surround soldiers an opening must be left
- 小时了了,大未必佳(小時了了,大未必佳) being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up
- 自不必说(自不必說) to not need dwell on
- 必然 inevitable; certain
- 大难不死,必有后福(大難不死,必有後福) one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster
- 必须(必須) to have to; must
- 有宝何必人前夸(有寶何必人前誇) There is no need to boast about one's treasures.
- 务必(務必) must
- 分秒必争(分秒必爭) seize every minute and second; not a minute to lose; every moment counts
- 有所得必有所失 there is no gain without a loss; there is no such thing as a free meal
- 必由之路 the road one must follow or take; the only way
- 必和必拓 BHP Billiton (Anglo-Australian mining corporation)
- 人无远虑,必有近忧(人無遠慮,必有近憂) He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
- 智者千虑,必有一失(智者千慮,必有一失) a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake; nobody is infallible
- 言多必失 if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point
- 车到山前必有路(車到山前必有路) When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through.; Everything will turn out for the best.; Let's worry about it when it happens.; It will be all right on the night.
- 必修课(必修課) required course; compulsory course
- 必要性 necessity
- 必胜(必勝) to be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail
- 有求必应(有求必應) to grant whatever is asked for; to accede to every plea
- 多行不义必自毙(多行不義必自斃) persisting in evil brings about self-destruction
- 锱铢必较(錙銖必較) to haggle over every cent
- 必然性 inevitability
- 敞庐何必广(敞廬何必廣) I do not mind if my cottage is rather small
- 必经(必經) unavoidable; the only (road, entrance etc)
- 必得 must
- 必修 to be required; must be studied
- 不必要 unnecessary
- 必死之症 terminal illness; incurable condition
- 势在必行(勢在必行) circumstances that require action
- 必需品 necessity; essential (thing) ; necessity good
- 知过必改(知過必改) realizing one's faults, one must reform
- 必将(必將) inevitably
- 必定 certainly
- 必经之路(必經之路) the road one must follow or take; the only way
- 寸土必争(寸土必爭) fight for every inch of land
- 势必(勢必) to be bound to
- 早知今日何必当初(早知今日何必當初) if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus
- 有其师,必有其徒(有其師,必有其徒) As the teacher, so the pupil.
- 两虎相争,必有一伤(兩虎相爭,必有一傷) if two tigers fight, one will get injured; if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
- 生活必需品 life's necessities
- 想必 presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely
- 事必躬亲(事必躬親) to attend to everything personally
- 不必 need not
- 洛必达法则(洛必達法則) L'Hôpital's rule
- 未必 not necessarily; may not
- 必要 necessary; essential; indispensable; required
- 物极必反(物極必反) when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 121
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 110
- 卷二十一 趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 69
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 65
- 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 64
- 卷二十 趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 63
- 卷二十三 魏二 Chapter 23: Wei II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 62
- 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 58
- 卷三百九十一 列傳第一百五十 周必大 留正 胡晉臣 Volume 391 Biographies 150: Zhou Bida, Liu Zheng, Hu Jinchen History of Song 宋史 — count: 56
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 56