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

• 不可置信 unbelievable; incredible
• 怒不可遏 unable to restrain one's anger; in a towering rage
• 巧不可阶(巧不可階) unmatchable
• 不可开交(不可開交) to be awfully (busy etc)
• 未尝不可(未嘗不可) to reason why not
• 不可避 unavoidable
• 是可忍也，孰不可忍 if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
• 不可收拾 irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
• 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
• 没有什么不可能(沒有什麼不可能) nothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
• 不可挽回 irreversible
• 妙不可言 too wonderful for words
• 神圣不可侵犯(神聖不可侵犯) sacred; inviolable
• 不可知主义(不可知主義) agnosticism
• 不可理喻 to be impervious to reason; unreasonable
• 不可逆 irreversible
• 不可靠 unreliable
• 不可避免 unavoidably
• 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
• 机不可失，失不再来(機不可失，失不再來) opportunity knocks but once
• 不可撤销信用证(不可撤銷信用證) irrevocable letter of credit
• 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
• 不可知论(不可知論) agnosticism
• 命不可说(命不可說) fate cannot be foretold
• 可一而不可再 may be done once and once only; just this once
• 言不可传(言不可傳) impossible to put into words; inexpressible
• 无可无不可(無可無不可) neither for nor against; indifferent
• 牢不可破 so stubborn that it cannot be changed
• 不可分割 inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible
• 不可议(不可議) indescribable
• 不可数名词(不可數名詞) a mass noun
• 不可不察 something which cannot be neglected
• 机不可失，时不再来(機不可失，時不再來) Opportunity knocks but once.
• 夏虫不可以语冰(夏蟲不可以語冰) a summer insect cannot discuss ice
• 不可抗力 force majeure
• 必不可少 absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
• 宰不可以不忠 a chancellor cannot be disloyal
• 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.
• 不可数集(不可數集) uncountable set
• 不可抗拒 act of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom)
• 功不可没(功不可沒) one's contributions cannot go unnoticed
• 不可救药(不可救藥) incurable; incorrigible; beyond cure; hopeless
• 急不可待 impatient; eager to; anxious to
• 可望而不可及 in sight but unattainable ; inaccessible
• 是可忍，孰不可忍 if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
• 必不可少组成(必不可少組成) absolute necessity; sine qua non
• 牢不可拔 so secure that it cannot be pulled out; so stubborn that it cannot be changed
• 不可侵犯权(不可侵犯權) inviolability
• 主不可以不坚(主不可以不堅) a ruler cannot be irresolute

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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: 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
• 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
• 良不可 (良不可) 子良不可曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2