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不息

bù xī

2-character word

What 不息 means

1. continually
2. without a break
3. ceaselessly

The characters in 不息

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)

Example sentences

• 移民川流不息地进入这个国家。
  Yímín chuānliúbùxī de jìnrù zhège guójiā.
  The immigrants entered the country in a steady flow.
• 树欲静而风不息，子欲养而亲不在！
  Shù yù jìng ér fēng bù xī, zǐ yù yǎng ér qīn bù zài!
  As the trees crave tranquility in the ever-persistent wind, the child craves the care of its ever-absent parents.
• 天行健，君子以自强不息；地势坤，君子以厚德载物。
  As heaven maintains its vigorous motion, the noble person should strive for continuous self-improvement. As the earth's nature is receptive and nurturing, the noble person should cultivate great virtue to support and carry all things.
• 马不但象征着刚健、高昂、昌盛、发达，还代表着奋斗不止、自强不息的民族精神。
  Mǎ bù dàn xiàngzhēng zhe gāngjiàn, gāo'áng, chāngshèng, fādá, hái dàibiǎo zhe fèndòu bù zhǐ, zìqiángbùxī de mínzú jīngshén.
  The horse does not just represent energy, high spirits, prosperity, development, but also stands for a national spirit of struggling on without stopping, and of striving on without giving up.

Words containing 不息

• 川流不息chuān liú bù xīthe stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
• 自强不息zì qiáng bù xīto strive unremittingly; self-improvement
• 生生不息shēng shēng bù xīto grow and multiply without end
• 经久不息jīng jiǔ bù xī(idiom) prolonged (applause, cheering etc)

Sounds the same

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

• 不惜not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth)
• 布希Taiwan equivalent of 布什