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不以为然

bù yǐ wéi rán

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 不以為然

不以为然 (bù yǐ wéi rán) means "not to accept as correct (idiom); to object; to disapprove; to take exception to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不以为然 means

1. not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
2. to disapprove
3. to take exception to

The characters in 不以为然

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

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