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不亦

bù yì

2-character word

What 不亦 means

1. literaryisn't it truly …?; how … it is!

The characters in 不亦

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 亦yìalso

Example sentences

• 有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？
  Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bùyìlèhū?
  When a friend comes from afar, is that not delightful?

Words starting with 不亦

• 不亦乐乎bù yì lè hūlit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully

Sounds the same

Read bù yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不易not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging
• 不意unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness
• 不义injustice