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
- 不可抗力 force majeure
- 机不可失,失不再来(機不可失,失不再來) opportunity knocks but once
- 不可数(不可數) uncountable
- 牢不可拔 so secure that it cannot be pulled out; so stubborn that it cannot be changed
- 不可理喻 to be impervious to reason; unreasonable
- 不可得 cannot be obtained
- 不可一世 to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
- 不可侵犯 inviolable; inviolability
- 不可能 impossible; cannot; not able
- 机不可失(機不可失) No time to lose!
- 不可挽回 irreversible
- 不可逆 irreversible
- 不可告人 hidden; kept secret; not to be divulged
- 可望而不可及 in sight but unattainable ; inaccessible
- 渴不可耐 to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
- 不可撤销信用证(不可撤銷信用證) irrevocable letter of credit
- 乐不可支(樂不可支) overjoyed; as pleased as punch
- 一发不可收拾(一發不可收拾) things that have happened can hardly be controlled; to get out of hand
- 牢不可破 so stubborn that it cannot be changed
- 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
- 天机不可泄露(天機不可泄露) mysteries of heaven must not be revealed; must not be revealed; I am not at liberty to inform you.
- 将不可以愠致战(將不可以慍致戰) a general should fight a battle out of anger
- 不可议(不可議) indescribable
- 不可以(不可以) may not
- 不可分割 inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible
- 缺一不可 not a single one is dispensable; can't do without either
- 不可侵犯权(不可侵犯權) inviolability
- 不可救药(不可救藥) incurable; incorrigible; beyond cure; hopeless
- 不可或缺 necessary; must have
- 是可忍,孰不可忍 if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
- 不可收拾 irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
- 俗不可耐 intolerably vulgar
- 不可思议(不可思議) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
- 不可数集(不可數集) uncountable set
- 势不可当(勢不可當) impossible to resist; an irresistible force
- 怒不可遏 unable to restrain one's anger; in a towering rage
- 坚不可摧(堅不可摧) invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
- 不可分离(不可分離) inseparable
- 不可端倪 impossible to get even an outline; unfathomable; not a clue
- 朋友妻不可欺 you should not covet your friend's wife
- 不可解 insoluble; impossible to solve
- 可一而不可再 may be done once and once only; just this once
- 不可逾越 impassable; insurmountable; insuperable
- 妙不可言 too wonderful for words
- 可遇不可求 can be discovered but not sought; one can only come across such things serendipitously
- 主不可以不坚(主不可以不堅) a ruler cannot be irresolute
- 密不可分 inextricably linked ; inseparable
- 不可磨灭(不可磨滅) indelible
- 不可称(不可稱) inconceivable; unthinkable; unimaginable
- 一发而不可收(一發而不可收) to be impossible to stop once started
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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
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 33
- 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — 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
- 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 29
- 卷二十 泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage Huainanzi 淮南子 — 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: 12
- 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
- 惧不可 (懼不可) 懼不可用也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
- 不可道 (不可道) 而不可道也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧牆有茨 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Qiang You Ci — 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
- 不可求 (不可求) 不可求思 — 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: 2