再也不／再也没
never again; not any more
Structure
主语 再也不 动词 … 了 · 主语 再也没（有） 动词 过
What it means
“Never again; not any more”: 再也 + a negative says something has stopped for good, more strongly than plain 不再 or 没再.
How it is built
再也不 + verb (+ 了): 我再也不熬夜了！ (I’m never staying up late again!) 再也没（有） + verb (+ 过): 他们再也没见过面 (they never saw each other again).
When to use it
再也不 is about now and the future, often a resolution. 再也没（有） looks back: since then it has never happened, often with 过: 再也没回来过.
Watch out
✗ 我不再也去了。 ✓ 我再也不去了。 The order is fixed: 再也 comes before 不 or 没.
Examples
从小最疼爱我的人，再也不会站在村口等我回家了。
The person who had loved me most since I was small would never again stand at the edge of the village waiting for me to come home.
那次吵架以后，他们再也没见过面。
After that quarrel they never saw each other again.
太累了，我再也不熬夜了！
I’m worn out: I’m never staying up all night again!
Learn this in Lesson 44 · HSK 5–6: 白事与清明 (Funerals and remembering the dead)
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