Examples
We don't have class tomorrow afternoon.
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She's been absent from school for five days.
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I'm sure I won't be of much help.
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I don't think I can help you very much.
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You don't go to school on Sunday, do you?
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I don't think Tom is going to be too much help.
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I thought you said you wouldn't be coming to school today.
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Much as I pitied him, I could not help him.
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His son has talent, but cannot pass the college entrance exam.
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He found that the things he had studied in school were not useful in the business world.
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One of your teachers called to say you weren't in school today.
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I’m not denying that that happened, but one example doesn’t count as evidence.
I'm not denying it happened, but one example can't be called proof.
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When you speak Shanghainese with your mum, I only understand a few words, so I can't join in the conversation.
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Gestural language had, however, serious limitations, since it could not be used in the dark or at distance.
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I can say for certain that my mother's cooking is by no means skillful. I prefer food that is actually properly seasoned, like my wife's. Nevertheless, I want my mother to teach me how to cook. It's her flavors that I've tasted since childhood, you see.
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Those of high wisdom, when they hear the "Way", strive to practice it; those of moderate wisdom, when they hear the "Way", are half-believing and half-doubting; the ignorant, when they hear the "Way", mock it. If the "Way" is not mocked, it cannot be called the true "Way".
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Entry Composition
| 1 | 不 | bù |
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| =2 | 上 | shǎng | used in 上声 shǎngshēng |
| =2 | 上 | shàng |
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Containing this entry
| 吃不上 | chībushàng |
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| 对不上 | duìbùshàng |
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| 挨不上 | āibùshàng |
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| 插不上手 | chābushàngshǒu | to be unable to intervene |
| 数不上 | shǔbùshàng | not to deserve to be mentioned; not to qualify; below par |