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无意

wú yì · wu yi

Traditional 無意

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. inadvertent
  2. accidental
  3. to have no intention of (doing sth)
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A hidden bookshop

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)无意(wúyì)中(zhōng)发现(fāxiàn)一(yī)家(jiā)小(xiǎo)店(diàn)。

    Yesterday I found a little shop by chance.

  2. Dengdeng

    什么(shénme)店(diàn)？

    What shop?

  3. Liangliang

    一(yī)家(jiā)卖(mài)旧书(jiùshū)的(de)店(diàn)，藏(cáng)在(zài)胡同(hútòng)里(lǐ)。

    A second-hand bookshop hidden in a hutong.

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)是(shì)无意(wúyì)中(zhōng)走(zǒu)进去(jìnqù)的(de)？

    Did you walk in by chance?

  5. Liangliang

    对(duì)，我(wǒ)本来(běnlái)无意(wúyì)买(mǎi)书(shū)，可是(kěshì)买了(mǎile)五(wǔ)本(běn)。

    Yes. I had no intention of buying books, but I bought five.

  6. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)可(kě)不(bù)叫(jiào)无意(wúyì)。

    That is not what you call no intention.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)无(wú)意(yì)争(zhēng)辩(biàn)你(nǐ)的(de)理(lǐ)论(lùn)。

I have no intention in arguing about your theory.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)无(wú)意(yì)中(zhōng)发(fā)现(xiàn)了(le)那(nà)封(fēng)旧(jiù)信(xìn)。

He accidentally discovered that old letter.

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