不容 bùróng must not
must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate
How to remember 不容: 不 not + 容 contain = must not.
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How it is used
- Emphatic formal frame 'does not allow, brooks no' - 不容置疑 (bùróng zhìyí) allows no doubt, 事实不容否认 (shìshí bùróng fǒurèn) the facts cannot be denied.
- Written register; pattern 不容 + verb.
Example sentences
- 可不容易。 Kěbù róngyì.It hasn't been easy.
- 这一点都不容易。 Zhè yìdiǎn dōu bù róngyì.It isn't at all easy.
- 学会一门外语不容易。 Xuéhuì yīmén wàiyǔ bù róngyì.It is not easy to learn a foreign language.