Indexing Matters

不見得是件好事

不見得是...

不見得是件好事

buˊ jianˋ de˙ shiˋ jianˋ haoˇ shiˋ

(Was not)

Was not necessarily a good thing

不見 buˊ jianˋ

(Didn't see)

Didn't see

不見得

buˊ jianˋ de˙

(Not certain, Not definite, Not necessarily, Uncertain)

Not necessarily, Not definite, Not certain, Uncertain

是件好事

shiˋ jianˋ haoˇ shiˋ

(Is a, Was a)

Is a good thing, Was a good thing

好事 haoˇ shiˋ

(Good deed, Good thing, Something that)

Good thing, A good thing, Good deed, A good deed, Something that went well

不

Infix, No, Non, None, Not, Not able to, Un, Without

No, Not, Non, None, Not able to, Un, Without, Infix Used To Indicate Inability

見

Appear, Become apparent, Connect, Hear, Interview, Meet, See, Sense

See, Meet, Connect with, Interview, Appear, Sense, Become apparent, Hear

得

Acquire, Get, Must, Need, Obtain, Should, Succeed

Must, Should, Need, (de2), Acquire, Obtain, Get, Succeed, (de5)

是

Am, Are, Being, Is, To be, Was, Were, Yes

Is, To be, Am/Are/Is/Was/Were, Being, Yes

件

Article, Clothing, Component, Item, Matter, Piece

Article, Clothing, Item or items of clothing, Component, Piece, Matter

好

Easy, Finish, Good, Like, Love, Okay, Pleasant, Prefer, Prefix Used As, So that, Very Much, Well, Wonderful

Good, Okay, Pleasant, Well, Wonderful, Easy, Finish, So that, Very Much, Prefix used as an adjectifier indicating good or easy (hao4), Love, Like, Prefer

事

Accident, Affair, Busy, Incident, Job, Matter, Task, Thing

Matter, Thing, Job, Affair, Task, Busy with, Incident, Accident

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