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title: "A 没有 B (那么/这么) + adjective in Chinese Grammar: Not as … as …, With Examples"
description: "A 没有 B (那么/这么) + adjective: not as … as …. A 没有 B 那么 + adjective: A is less so than B. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# A 没有 B (那么/这么) + adjective

Not as … as …

A 没有 B 那么 + adjective: A is less so than B.

## In stories

别的兔子，都**没有第一只兔子那么笨**。

[守株待兔 · Waiting for a rabbit by the tree stump](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/shou-zhu-dai-tu-waiting-for-a-rabbit-by-the-tree-stump#library-word-286-296) HSK 5

围巾已经很旧了，颜色也**没有以前那么鲜艳**了。

[1985年的信 · The letter from grandpa: a Chinese short story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-letter-from-grandpa-chinese-short-story#library-word-720-728) HSK 5

老和尚抱着袈裟，在房间里哭个不停：“我活了二百七十年，有几百件袈裟，却**没有一件这么好**的！”

[火烧观音院 · Fire at Guanyin Temple](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-13#library-word-523-530) HSK 5

人们总爱争论谁对谁错、什么是美什么是丑，可是换一个角度看，这些界限也许并**没有我们以为的那么绝对**。

[庄周梦蝶 · Zhuangzi’s butterfly dream, and what it means](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/zhuangzi-butterfly-dream-meaning#library-word-718-729) HSK 5

[Read 守株待兔](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/shou-zhu-dai-tu-waiting-for-a-rabbit-by-the-tree-stump#library-word-286-296)

## More patterns

- [再也 + 不/没 never again; not any more](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiye-bu)
- [有点(儿) + adjective a bit …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youdianr)
- [一 + measure word (+ noun) + 也/都 + 不/没 not a single …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-cl-ye-bu)
- [什么 + 也/都 + negative not … anything](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shenme-ye-neg)
- [一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没 not … at all](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yidian-ye-neg)
- [有的…，有的… some …, others …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youde-youde)

## What does A 没有 B (那么/这么) + adjective mean in Chinese?

Not as … as …. A 没有 B 那么 + adjective: A is less so than B.

## How common is A 没有 B (那么/这么) + adjective?

It comes up in 4 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

## More free tools

- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Measure words](https://mandarinthewild.com/measure-words)
- [How hard is this text?](https://mandarinthewild.com/text-level)
- [Free Chinese stories](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.