No. 5,490 in Chinese
先不
"先不" means "for now, not" or "not for the time being."
In a sentence
我们先不讨论这个问题。
Let's not discuss this issue for the time being.
'先不' is used here to indicate the current decision to temporarily postpone the discussion of a certain topic.
他先不吃晚饭，因为他要完成工作。
He won't eat dinner for now because he needs to finish his work.
In this sentence, '先不' expresses a temporary avoidance of an action, indicating precedence of another task.
由于天气不好，我们先不出去散步了。
Because of the bad weather, we won’t go for a walk for now.
Here, '先不' suggests a decision to delay a planned activity due to current circumstances.
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