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並未

简并未 · 繁並未

Mandarin · pinyin bìng wèi

(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...

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並: bìng · equal to; side by side; also, what is more; both
未: wèi · not yet; eighth earthly branch
并: bìng · combine, annex; also, what's more

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4–4 · bing4 wei4

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adv

not at all; by no means
(Cantonese) not yet

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