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

• 非死不可 Facebook
• 不可数名词(不可數名詞) a mass noun
• 不可知主义(不可知主義) agnosticism
• 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
• 不可导(不可導) not differentiable
• 不可得 cannot be obtained
• 坚不可摧(堅不可摧) invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
• 不可估量 inestimable; incalculable; beyond measure
• 可遇不可求 can be discovered but not sought; one can only come across such things serendipitously
• 不可避 unavoidable
• 笑不可仰 to double up with laughter
• 不可分割 inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible
• 家丑不可外传(家醜不可外傳) family shames must not be aired in public
• 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.
• 不可缺少 indispensable
• 俗不可耐 intolerably vulgar
• 不可或缺 necessary; must have
• 不可思 inconceivable; unthinkable; unimaginable
• 不可逆转(不可逆轉) irreversible
• 笑不可抑 to laugh irrepressibly
• 神圣不可侵犯(神聖不可侵犯) sacred; inviolable
• 不可数(不可數) uncountable
• 不可称(不可稱) inconceivable; unthinkable; unimaginable
• 是可忍也，孰不可忍 if this can be tolerated, what cannot?
• 切不可 by no means
• 存生不可言 there is no way to preserve life
• 朋友妻不可欺 you should not covet your friend's wife
• 不可知论(不可知論) agnosticism
• 不可侵犯权(不可侵犯權) inviolability
• 不可理喻 to be impervious to reason; unreasonable
• 锐不可当(銳不可當) unstoppable; hard to hold back
• 不可置信 unbelievable; incredible
• 不可言喻 inexpressible
• 不可胜数(不可勝數) countless; innumerable
• 不可解 insoluble; impossible to solve
• 不可能 impossible; cannot; not able
• 不可侵犯 inviolable; inviolability
• 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
• 不可通约(不可通約) having no common measure; incommensurable; incommensurate
• 言不可传(言不可傳) impossible to put into words; inexpressible
• 不可多得 hard to come by; rare
• 机不可失，时不再来(機不可失，時不再來) Opportunity knocks but once.
• 高不可攀 too high to reach; eminent and unapproachable
• 不可名状(不可名狀) indescribable; beyond description
• 家丑不可外扬(家醜不可外揚) family shames must not be aired in public
• 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.
• 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
• 不可分离(不可分離) inseparable
• 牢不可拔 so secure that it cannot be pulled out; so stubborn that it cannot be changed
• 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

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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: 50
• 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 38
• 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 33
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — 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
• 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
• 不可用 (不可用) 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
• 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
• 不可乡 (不可鄉) 不可鄉邇 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2