不下

bùxià
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)

CEDICT

  1. (formal) to be not less than
  2. (formal) to not be inferior to
  3. (literary) to not capture
  4. (literary) to not concede
  5. to be not less than
  6. to not be inferior to
  7. to not capture
  8. to not concede
  9. used after a verb to indicate inability or incompletion

Wiktionary

  1. 不少于、不低于。
  2. 不相让。

重編國語辭典

Examples

不下雪了。

It is not snowing.

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今天不下雨。

It's not raining today.

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终于不下雨了。

At last it's stopped raining.

At last it has stopped raining.

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已经不下雪了。

It's no longer snowing.

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她笑得停不下来。

She couldn't stop laughing.

She can't stop laughing.

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Entry Composition

1 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
2 下 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action

Containing this entry

不下于 bùxiàyú
  1. as many as; no less than
  2. not inferior to; as good as; on a par with
久攻不下 jiǔgōngbùxià to attack for a long time without success
干打雷，不下雨 gāndǎléi,bùxiàyǔ
  1. all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. a lot of noise but no action
吃不下 chībuxià
  1. not feel like eating
  2. be unable to eat any more
居高不下 jūgāobùxià (of prices, rates etc) to remain high
抹不下脸 mǒbùxiàliǎn to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
放不下 fàngbuxià
  1. to have no room to put sth
  2. to be unable to let go
活不下去 huóbùxiàqu impossible to make a living
争执不下 zhēngzhíbùxià to quarrel endlessly
相持不下 xiāngchíbùxià
  1. at a stalemate
  2. deadlocked
  3. in unrelenting mutual opposition
过不下 guòbuxià
  1. to be unable to continue living (in a certain manner)
  2. to be unable to make a living
不上不下 bùshàngbùxià
僵持不下 jiāngchíbùxià
容不下 róngbùxià
糟糠之妻不下堂 zāokāngzhīqībùxiàtáng