不以为然

Traditional: 不以為然

bù yǐ wéi rán

Dictionary entry

not to accept as correct (idiom); to object

What does 不以为然 mean?

不以为然 (bù yǐ wéi rán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1not to accept as correct (idiom); to object

2to disapprove

3to take exception to

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as 然ráncorrect · right

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不以为然

bù yǐ wéi rán

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