不复存在

不復存在

búfù-cúnzài

idiom #15,201

Meanings

1 to no longer exist; to cease to exist
2 gone forever

Characters

again; to return

to exist; to survive

at; to be present

Examples

HSK 5

曾经的友谊已经不复存在了。

Céngjīng de yǒuyì yǐjīng búfù-cúnzài le.

The friendship that once was no longer exists.

HSK 7-9

那个王朝早已不复存在。

Nà ge wángcháo zǎoyǐ búfù-cúnzài.

That dynasty has long since ceased to exist.

Tips

grammar

不复 (bùfù) is a literary negation meaning 'no longer.' It is more formal than 不再 (bùzài). The full phrase 不复存在 functions as a predicate.

Stroke Order

不 bù

复 fù

存 cún

在 zài