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