不常

bùcháng
  1. (dated, literary) bizarre; out of the ordinary
  2. (dated, literary) extraordinary; excellent
  3. (dated, literary) not in a fixed pattern; irregularly
  4. (dated, literary, euphemistic) death
  5. bizarre; out of the ordinary
  6. death
  7. extraordinary; excellent
  8. not in a fixed pattern; irregularly
  9. not often; seldom; rarely

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Examples

我不常笑。

I don't laugh very often.

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我们不常做。

We don't do it very often.

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我不常穿睡衣。

I usually don't wear pajamas.

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我不常見到他。

I don't see much of him.

I don't meet him so often.

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但是他不常微笑。

But he did not often smile.

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Entry Composition

1 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
=2 常 Cháng surname Chang
=2 常 cháng
  1. always
  2. ever
  3. often
  4. frequently
  5. common
  6. general
  7. constant

Containing this entry

千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有 qiānlǐmǎchángyǒu,ér Bólèbùchángyǒu
  1. lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb)
  2. fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
好景不常 hǎojǐngbùcháng