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不错bù cuòcorrect; right不大bù dànot very; not too不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)不得不bù dé bùhave no choice or option but to; cannot but不断bù duànunceasing; uninterrupted不对bù duìincorrect; wrong部分bù fenpart; share不够bù gòunot enough; insufficient不管bù guǎnnot to be concerned; regardless of不光bù guāngnot the only one; not only不过bù guòonly; merely不好意思bù hǎo yì sito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing不仅bù jǐnnot just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)不久bù jiǔnot long (after); before too long不客气bù kè qiyou're welcome; don't mention it不论bù lùnwhatever; no matter what (who, how etc)不满bù mǎnresentful; discontented部门bù méndepartment; branch不然bù ránnot so; no不如bù rúnot equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to不少bù shǎomany; a lot不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct不行bù xíngwon't do; be out of the question步行bù xíngto go on foot; to walk不要bù yàodon't!; must not不要紧bù yào jǐnunimportant; not serious不一定bù yī dìngnot necessarily; maybe不用bù yòngneed not不在乎bù zài hunot to care部长bù zhǎnghead of a (government etc) department; section chief布置bù zhìto put in order; to arrange擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish才cáiability; talent; sb of a certain type材cáimaterial; timber财cáimoney; wealth采càiallotment to a feudal noble彩cǎi(bright) color; variety菜càivegetable; greens (CL:棵[kē]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yàng],道[dào],盤|盘[pán])财产cái chǎnproperty; assets菜单cài dānmenu; CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]采访cǎi fǎngto interview; to gather news财富cái fùwealth; riches材料cái liào(raw) material; data才能cái néngtalent; ability采取cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take彩色cǎi sècolor; multicolored采用cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ参cānto take part in; to participate餐cānmeal; to eat参观cān guānto look around; to tour参加cān jiāto participate; to take part参考cān kǎoconsultation; reference参与cān yùto participate (in sth)操cāoto grasp; to hold草cǎograss; straw操场cāo chǎngplayground; sports field草地cǎo dìlawn; meadow操作cāo zuòto work; to operate测cèto survey; to measure测量cè liángsurvey; to measure