毫不
háobù
not in the least, not at all
Part of speech · adverb
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Examples
- 他毫不犹豫地答应了。He agreed without the slightest hesitation.
- 这件事毫不重要。This matter is not important in the least.
Collocations
毫不犹豫毫不在乎毫不客气毫不动摇
Mnemonic
毫 háo "a fine hair" + 不 bù "not": not by a hair, i.e. not in the least, not at all (an emphatic adverb). 毫不犹豫 = without the slightest hesitation. The 毫 is in 丝毫 (the slightest) and 毫米 (millimeter). 毫不 attaches to a two-syllable verb/adjective (毫不犹豫); 一点也不 (yìdiǎnyěbù) is the colloquial "not at all".
Related
丝毫一点也不毫无绝不
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