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挥之不去

huīzhībùqù

impossible to get rid of

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

impossible to get rid of

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 挥之不去 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 挥之不去 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

那首歌在我脑中挥之不去。nà shǒu gē zài wǒ nǎo zhōng huī zhī bù qù。

I can't get that song out of my head.

他尖刻的话语仍然在我心中挥之不去。tā jiān kè de huà yǔ réng rán zài wǒ xīn zhōng huī zhī bù qù。

His bitter words still rankle in my mind.

她完全没有出外的心情,因为那种突然失去父亲的痛苦,一直在她的心头挥之不去。tā wán quán méi yǒu chū wài de xīn qíng, yīn wèi nà zhǒng tū rán shī qù fù qīn de tòng kǔ, yì zhí zài tā de xīn tóu huī zhī bù qù。

The shock of her father's death lingered on and she didn't feel like going out at all.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 挥之不去.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 挥之不去.

Directly before

  • 心头挥之不去1
  • 在我心中挥之不去1
  • 脑中挥之不去1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 挥之不去

What does 挥之不去 mean in Chinese?

挥之不去 (huīzhībùqù) means impossible to get rid of.

How do you pronounce 挥之不去?

挥之不去 is pronounced huīzhībùqù.

Is 挥之不去 an HSK word?

挥之不去 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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