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title: "再也 + 不/没 in Chinese Grammar: Never again, With Examples"
description: "再也 + 不/没: never again; not any more. 再也不/没 + verb: it will never (or never again did) happen. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 再也 + 不/没

Never again; not any more

再也不/没 + verb: it will never (or never again did) happen.

## In stories

后来的两个多月，外婆**再也没有**说起上海。

[上海弄堂（一） · The Shanghai lane (part 1)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-book-2-shanghai-lane-part-1#library-word-94-98) HSK 3

那个妖怪看自己打不赢他们两个，就回到了水里，**再也不**出来了。

[沙和尚 · Sandy of the Flowing Sand River](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/sandy-of-the-flowing-sand-river-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-16#library-word-245-248) HSK 3

乔安又试了一次，电话响了很久，可是**再也没有**人接。

[七楼 · 第十四天 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 14: The Wrong Number](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-14-the-wrong-number#library-word-420-424) HSK 3

乔安给这个号码打了电话，一个年轻女人只说了一句“你打错了”，就**再也不**接了。

[七楼 · 第十五天 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 15: Half a Character](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-15-half-a-character#library-word-52-55) HSK 3

[Read 上海弄堂（一）](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-book-2-shanghai-lane-part-1#library-word-94-98)

## More patterns

- [verb + 不/得 + result (potential) cannot / can (manage to) …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-c)
- [连…都/也… even …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/lian-dou)
- [谁 + 也/都 + (V不C) no one / nothing: …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shei-ye-neg-v)
- [verb + 不了/得了 cannot …; can …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-liao)
- [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)

## What does 再也 + 不/没 mean in Chinese?

Never again; not any more. 再也不/没 + verb: it will never (or never again did) happen.

## How common is 再也 + 不/没?

It comes up in 27 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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- [Free Chinese stories](https://mandarinthewild.com/library)

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