不可 bù kě

1. 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)
2. bù kě adjective improbable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '不可' 2)

Contained in

• 不可知主义(不可知主義) agnosticism
• 鱼与熊掌不可兼得(魚與熊掌不可兼得) the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want
• 必不可少组成(必不可少組成) absolute necessity; sine qua non
• 家丑不可外扬(家醜不可外揚) family shames must not be aired in public
• 不可挽回 irreversible
• 不可避 unavoidable
• 不可得 cannot be obtained
• 妙不可言 too wonderful for words
• 不可同日而语(不可同日而語) mustn't speak of two things on the same day; not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
• 将不可以愠致战(將不可以慍致戰) a general should fight a battle out of anger
• 不可数(不可數) uncountable
• 不可开交(不可開交) to be awfully (busy etc)
• 不可胜言(不可勝言) inexpressible ; beyond description
• 知其不可而为之(知其不可而為之) to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible
• 缺一不可 not a single one is dispensable; can't do without either
• 不可逆转(不可逆轉) irreversible
• 非死不可 Facebook
• 命不可说(命不可說) fate cannot be foretold
• 愚不可及 impossibly stupid
• 机不可失，时不再来(機不可失，時不再來) Opportunity knocks but once.
• 不可议(不可議) indescribable
• 不可常 for not long
• 不可分离(不可分離) inseparable
• 渴不可耐 to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
• 俗不可耐 intolerably vulgar
• 宰不可以不忠 a chancellor cannot be disloyal
• 不可言喻 inexpressible
• 存生不可言 there is no way to preserve life
• 神圣不可侵犯(神聖不可侵犯) sacred; inviolable
• 主不可以不坚(主不可以不堅) a ruler cannot be irresolute
• 不可得兼 cannot have both
• 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.
• 切不可 by no means
• 不可侵犯权(不可侵犯權) inviolability
• 怒不可遏 unable to restrain one's anger; in a towering rage
• 可遇不可求 can be discovered but not sought; one can only come across such things serendipitously
• 只可意会，不可言传(只可意會，不可言傳) can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
• 是可忍，孰不可忍 if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
• 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.
• 笑不可仰 to double up with laughter
• 不可能 impossible; cannot; not able
• 不可逆 irreversible
• 急不可待 impatient; eager to; anxious to
• 不可逾越 impassable; insurmountable; insuperable
• 朋友妻不可欺 you should not covet your friend's wife
• 可一而不可再 may be done once and once only; just this once
• 不可侵犯 inviolable; inviolability
• 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
• 夏虫不可以语冰(夏蟲不可以語冰) a summer insect cannot discuss ice
• 锐不可当(銳不可當) unstoppable; hard to hold back

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不可知论

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Truncated for common words

• 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: 49
• 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: 32
• 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
• 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
• 不可知 (不可知) 信不可知 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — 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
• 终不可 (終不可) 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
• 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