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不意
bùyì
1. unexpectedly
2. unawareness
3. unpreparedness
Common • Top 6%

Character Breakdown

不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1 4 丶
意
yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
HSK 2 13 丶

Compound Words (2)

出其不意
chūqíbùyì
to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意攻其不备
chūqíbùyìgōngqíbùbèi
catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" [[孫子兵法|孙子兵法<SūnzǐBīngfǎ>]])

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
5,204 of 84,292