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Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「下不為例」, explained here.

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「下不為例」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Don’t do this again next time. It means that this is only this time.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xià bù wéi lì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ha6 bat1 wai4 lai6

Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.