bìn
verb #43,455

Meanings

  1. 1 to reject
  2. 2 to expel
  3. 3 to discard
  4. 4 to cast aside

Examples

Tā bèi tóngbàn suǒ bìn.
He was rejected by his companions.
Wǒmen bùyīng bìn jiù yíng xīn ér wàngběn.
We shouldn't discard the old to embrace the new and forget our roots.

Tips

register
Literary/classical. In modern writing it almost only appears in compounds: (bìnqì) 'to discard,' (bìnchú) 'to get rid of,' (bìnchì) 'to reject.' Avoid using the bare character on its own outside formal or literary text.

Stroke Order

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