不可 bù kě
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bù kě
adjective
cannot; should not; must not; forbidden; prohibited
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不可'; Guoyu '不可' 1) -
bù kě
adjective
improbable
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '不可' 2)
Contained in
- 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot
- 不可能 impossible; cannot; not able
- 不可靠 unreliable
- 不可端倪 impossible to get even an outline; unfathomable; not a clue
- 必不可少 absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
- 不可言喻 inexpressible
- 不可置信 unbelievable; incredible
- 没有什么不可能(沒有什麼不可能) nothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
- 可望而不可即 in sight but unattainable; inaccessible
- 家丑不可外传(家醜不可外傳) family shames must not be aired in public
- 不可常 for not long
- 朋友妻不可欺 you should not covet your friend's wife
- 功不可没(功不可沒) one's contributions cannot go unnoticed
- 不可撤销信用证(不可撤銷信用證) irrevocable letter of credit
- 不可分离(不可分離) inseparable
- 乐不可支(樂不可支) overjoyed; as pleased as punch
- 天机不可泄漏(天機不可泄漏) mysteries of heaven must not be revealed; must not be revealed; I am not at liberty to inform you.
- 遥不可及(遙不可及) unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant
- 俗不可耐 intolerably vulgar
- 不可导(不可導) not differentiable
- 愚不可及 impossibly stupid
- 不可终日(不可終日) to be unable to carry on even for a single day; to be in a desperate situation
- 机不可失,失不再来(機不可失,失不再來) opportunity knocks but once
- 急不可耐 unable to wait
- 笑不可抑 to laugh irrepressibly
- 不可或缺 necessary; must have
- 不可开交(不可開交) to be awfully (busy etc)
- 不可告人 hidden; kept secret; not to be divulged
- 不可一世 to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
- 不可胜言(不可勝言) inexpressible ; beyond description
- 不可得 cannot be obtained
- 不可量 uncountable; immeasurable
- 坚不可摧(堅不可摧) invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
- 不可以(不可以) may not
- 不可再生资源(不可再生資源) nonrenewable resource
- 高不可攀 too high to reach; eminent and unapproachable
- 不可名状(不可名狀) indescribable; beyond description
- 命不可说(命不可說) fate cannot be foretold
- 主不可以不坚(主不可以不堅) a ruler cannot be irresolute
- 不可枚举(不可枚舉) innumerable
- 不可救药(不可救藥) incurable; incorrigible; beyond cure; hopeless
- 不可估量 inestimable; incalculable; beyond measure
- 是可忍也,孰不可忍 if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
- 不可数(不可數) uncountable
- 怒不可遏 unable to restrain one's anger; in a towering rage
- 不可知论(不可知論) agnosticism
- 家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信(家醜不可外傳,流言切莫輕信) Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly.
- 不可解 insoluble; impossible to solve
- 不可侵犯权(不可侵犯權) inviolability
- 深不可测(深不可測) deep and unmeasurable; unfathomable depths; incomprehensible; enigmatic and impossible to predict
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 66
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 59
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 50
- 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 38
- 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 33
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 33
- 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 30
- 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 29
- 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 29
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 28
Collocations
- 不可谓 (不可謂) 無別不可謂禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 18
- 不可失 (不可失) 善不可失 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
- 不可敌 (不可敵) 有德不可敵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 不可泳 (不可泳) 不可泳思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧漢廣 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Han Guang — count: 3
- 不可方 (不可方) 不可方思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧漢廣 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Han Guang — count: 3
- 不可使 (不可使) 云不可使 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧雨無正 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Yu Wu Zheng — count: 3
- 不可立 (不可立) 不可立也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2
- 不可弃 (不可棄) 不可棄也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 2
- 不可諼 (不可諼) 終不可諼兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧淇奧 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Qi Wei — count: 2
- 子不可 (子不可) 甯武子不可 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2