害人不浅 [害人不淺] - to cause a lot of trouble, to inflict much suffering - hài rén bù qiǎn | Definition | ChinesePod.com

害人不浅 (害人不淺)

hài rén bù qiǎn

Pinyin

Definition

害人不浅 (害人不淺)

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hài rén bù qiǎn

to cause a lot of trouble
to inflict much suffering

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bù

1 (negative prefix)
2 not
3 no

rén

1 man
2 person
3 people
4 classifier: 个 gè
5 classifier: 位 wèi

yī míng jīng rén

1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity

bù jiǔ

1 not long (after)
2 before too long
3 soon
4 soon after

bù dàn

1 not only (... but also...)

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休

yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

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

一人得道，鸡犬升天

yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān

1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

一问三不知

yī wèn sān bù zhī

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

yī chén bù rǎn

1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
2 spotless

一字不提

yī zì bù tí

1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

汉字这么复杂，小时候不练，以后更不会写了。电脑真是害人不浅，汉字和书法可是国粹啊，就这样丢掉了。

hànzì zhème fùzá ，xiǎo shíhou bù liàn ，yǐhòu gèng bù huì xiě le 。diànnǎo zhēn shì hàirénbùqiǎn ，hànzì hé shūfǎ kěshì guócuì a ，jiù zhèyàng diūdiào le 。

Chinese characters are so complex. If you don't practice them when you're young, you definitely won't be able to write them when you're older. Computers really are very harmful; characters and calligraphy are the essence of our national culture and they're causing us to lose them!