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

• 不可抗拒 act of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom)
• 必不可少组成(必不可少組成) absolute necessity; sine qua non
• 缺一不可 not a single one is dispensable; can't do without either
• 不可端倪 impossible to get even an outline; unfathomable; not a clue
• 坚不可摧(堅不可摧) invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
• 不可告人 hidden; kept secret; not to be divulged
• 不可数集(不可數集) uncountable set
• 不可磨灭(不可磨滅) indelible
• 不可一世 to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
• 不可或缺 necessary; must have
• 未尝不可(未嘗不可) to reason why not
• 不可逾越 impassable; insurmountable; insuperable
• 家丑不可外传(家醜不可外傳) family shames must not be aired in public
• 不可思议(不可思議) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
• 不可亿逞(不可億逞) unable to predict
• 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.
• 不可避 unavoidable
• 朋友妻不可欺 you should not covet your friend's wife
• 不可分割 inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible
• 不可得 cannot be obtained
• 妙不可言 too wonderful for words
• 不可知主义(不可知主義) agnosticism
• 不可以(不可以) may not
• 渴不可耐 to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
• 遥不可及(遙不可及) unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant
• 可一而不可再 may be done once and once only; just this once
• 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
• 没有什么不可能(沒有什麼不可能) nothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
• 可以意会，不可言传(可以意會，不可言傳) can be understood, but not described; mysterious and subtle
• 知其不可而为之(知其不可而為之) to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible
• 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无(害人之心不可有，防人之心不可無) refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you
• 不可再生资源(不可再生資源) nonrenewable resource
• 不可枚举(不可枚舉) innumerable
• 可望而不可即 in sight but unattainable; inaccessible
• 不可靠 unreliable
• 言不可传(言不可傳) impossible to put into words; inexpressible
• 不可议(不可議) indescribable
• 不可收拾 irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
• 不可缺少 indispensable
• 不可导(不可導) not differentiable
• 不可逆 irreversible
• 密不可分 inextricably linked ; inseparable
• 怒不可遏 unable to restrain one's anger; in a towering rage
• 深不可测(深不可測) deep and unmeasurable; unfathomable depths; incomprehensible; enigmatic and impossible to predict
• 锐不可当(銳不可當) unstoppable; hard to hold back
• 不可常 for not long
• 将不可以愠致战(將不可以慍致戰) a general should fight a battle out of anger
• 无可无不可(無可無不可) neither for nor against; indifferent
• 急不可待 impatient; eager to; anxious to
• 不可取 not to be accepted

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牢不可破

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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
• 晋不可 (晉不可) 晉不可啟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — 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
• 曰不可 (曰不可) 涼曰不可 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧桑柔 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Sang Rou — 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: 2
• 罃不可 (罃不可) 荀罃不可曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2