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不辞而别

bù cí ér bié

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 不辭而別

不辞而别 (bù cí ér bié) means "to leave without saying good-bye". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不辞而别 means

1. to leave without saying good-bye

The characters in 不辞而别

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…

Example sentences

• 他不辞而别。
  Tā bùcí'érbié.
  He left without saying goodbye.
• 汤姆不辞而别。
  Tom left without warning.

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