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不在

bù zài

Definitions

  1. 1. not to be present
  2. 2. to be out
  3. 3. (euphemism) to pass away
  4. 4. to be deceased

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Example Sentences

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老师点名的时候，我正好 不在 。
I happened to be absent when the teacher called the roll.
Dorothy 不在 辦工室。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 362625)
他 不在 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1740889)
她 不在 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5918597)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Words Containing 不在

不在乎
bù zài hu

not to care

不在了
bù zài le

to be dead

不在其位不谋其政
bù zài qí wèi bù móu qí zhèng

don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)

不在意
bù zài yì

to pay no attention to

不在状态
bù zài zhuàng tài

to be out of form

不在话下
bù zài huà xià

to be nothing difficult

并不在乎
bìng bù zài hu

really does not care

包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng

a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)

心不在焉
xīn bù zài yān

absent-minded

志不在此
zhì bù zài cǐ

to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)

满不在乎
mǎn bù zài hu

not in the least concerned (idiom)

无所不在
wú suǒ bù zài

omnipresent

无处不在
wú chù bù zài

to be everywhere

醉翁之意不在酒
zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔ

wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol

Child Words of 不在

不
bù

no; not so

在
zài

to exist; to be alive