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不止一次

bù zhǐ yī cì

4-character word

What 不止一次 means

1. many times
2. on more than one occasion

The characters in 不止一次

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 次cìnext in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)

Example sentences

• 我入狱不止一次。
  Wǒ rùyù bùzhǐyīcì.
  I've been in prison more than once.
• 这些话，他听过不止一次，唯其不止一次，才忍无可忍。
  Zhèxiē huà, tā tīng guo bùzhǐyīcì, wéi qí bùzhǐyīcì, cái rěnwúkěrěn.
  He’d heard this more than once, but once was once more than he could bear.