不可以 (不可以) bù kě yǐ
bù kě yǐ
phrase
may not
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不可以')
Contained in
- 宰不可以不忠 a chancellor cannot be disloyal
- 夏虫不可以语冰(夏蟲不可以語冰) a summer insect cannot discuss ice
- 将不可以愠致战(將不可以慍致戰) a general should fight a battle out of anger
- 主不可以不坚(主不可以不堅) a ruler cannot be irresolute
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 21
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 19
- 卷二十 泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 17
- 卷十一 齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 15
- 卷十六 說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 13
- Scroll 9 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 12
- 卷十七 天地之行第七十八 威德所生第七十九 如天之為第八十 天地陰陽第八十一 天道施第八十二 Scroll 17 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 11
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 11
- 卷十七 說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 11
- 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 11
Collocations
- 不可以祭 (不可以祭) 不可以祭 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
- 言不可以 (言不可以) 言不可以已也如是 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
- 固不可以 (固不可以) 然則小固不可以敵大 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 3
- 不可以敌 (不可以敵) 然則小固不可以敵大 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 3
- 不可以苟 (不可以苟) 吾不可以苟射故也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
- 不可以不知 (不可以不知) 不可以不知人 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《中庸》 The State of Equilibrium and Harmony, also known as the Doctrine of the Mean — count: 2
- 不可以不慎 (不可以不慎) 故君子不可以不慎也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《緇衣》 The Black Robes — count: 2
- 不可以入 (不可以入) 若臣則不可以入矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 2
- 不可以轻 (不可以輕) 國君不可以輕 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
- 不可以假人 (不可以假人) 不可以假人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2