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不假思索

bù jiǎ sī suǒ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

不假思索 (bù jiǎ sī suǒ) means "(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不假思索 means

1. idiomto act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip

The characters in 不假思索

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
• 思sīto think; to consider
• 索suǒto search; to demand; to ask

Example sentences

• 汤姆不假思索脱口而出。
  Tāngmǔ bùjiǎsīsuǒ tuōkǒu'érchū.
  Tom speaks without thinking.

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