不好说 (不好說)
bù hǎo shuō
Pinyin
Definition
不好说 (不好說)
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- hard to say
- unpleasant to say
- can't be sure
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (negative prefix)
- 2 not
- 3 no
- 1 good
- 2 well
- 3 proper
- 4 good to
- 5 easy to
- 6 very
- 7 so
- 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
- 9 (of two people) close
- 10 on intimate terms
- 11 (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 1 not long (after)
- 2 before too long
- 3 soon
- 4 soon after
- 1 not only (... but also...)
- 1 not only (this one)
- 2 not just (...) but also
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
Sample Sentences
诶,这可不好说,据我个人观察呢,时下年轻人确实喜欢寻求各种美食新体验,不过大多数充其量也就是吃货。
Agh, it's not really that easy to say. In my own view, young people these days really do like to seek out new dining experiences, but the majority of people at most are foodies.
这个......不好说。
That...I'm not sure of.
不好说,现在灌水的人多的是。特别是像这种单价高的东西,卖家骗十几二十个人,就能卷走好多钱。
It's hard to say. These days there are plenty of people artificially inflating these things. Especially on these high-priced items, if a seller can swindle 15 or 20 people, he can make off with a lot of money.