勿 wù
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wù
adverb
do not
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 勿 is an imperative negating adverb in Literary Chinese, in the sense of 不要 or 不可 (Guoyu '勿' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '勿' 1, p. 482; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 108). For example, 王請勿疑！'I beg your Majesty not to doubt what I say.' (Mengzi: 1.5/3/2, translation by Legge) -
wù
adverb
no
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不 (Guoyu '勿' adv 2)
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- 高陵勿向 do not advance uphill [against the enemy]
- 非诚勿扰(非誠勿擾) Fei Cheng Wu Rao
- 穷寇勿追(窮寇勿追) do not press a cornered enemy
- 过勿惮改(過勿憚改) when you have faults, do not fear to correct them
- 过则勿惮改(過則勿憚改) when you have faults, do not fear to correct them
- 锐卒勿攻(銳卒勿攻) do not attack soldiers whose are sharp
- 密勿 to strive diligently ; to be secretive
- 潜龙勿用(潛龍勿用) a hidden dragon is no use
- 宁左勿右(寧左勿右) (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
- 切勿 by no means
- 勿施于人(勿施於人) do not impose on others
- 归师勿遏(歸師勿遏) do not stop soldiers returning home
- 宁缺勿滥(寧缺勿濫) rather have nothing
- 苟富贵，勿相忘(苟富貴，勿相忘) don't forget your friends when you become rich
- 勿忘我 forget-me-not, genus Myosotis
- 请勿吸烟(請勿吸煙) No smoking; Please do not smoke
- 勿失良机(勿失良機) an opportunity not to be missed
- 勿枉勿纵(勿枉勿縱) to not treat [the innocent] unjustly and not let [the guilty] off lightly
- 穷寇勿迫(窮寇勿迫) do not press a cornered enemy
- 姑置勿论(姑置勿論) to put something aside for the time being
- 勿谓言之不预(勿謂言之不預) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
- 请勿打扰(請勿打擾) please do not disturb
- 勿忘国耻(勿忘國恥) Never forget national humiliation
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