扶不起的阿斗
fú bù qǐ de Ā dǒu
Pinyin

Definition

扶不起的阿斗
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fú bù qǐ de Ā dǒu
  1. weak and inept person
  2. hopeless case

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
的
de
  1. 1 of
  2. 2 ~'s (possessive particle)
  3. 3 (used after an attribute)
  4. 4 (used to form a nominal expression)
  5. 5 (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

我的天啊！真是扶不起的阿斗，好险你有我这个良师益友。你先假装喜欢别的女生，请他给你参谋参谋，这样你就知道他好哪一口了。
wǒ de tiān a ！zhēn shì fúbùqǐdeādǒu ，hǎoxiǎn nǐ yǒu wǒ zhè ge liángshīyìyǒu 。nǐ xiān jiǎzhuāng xǐhuan biéde nǚshēng ，qǐng tā gěi nǐ cānmou cānmou ，zhèyàng nǐ jiù zhīdào tā hào nǎ yī kǒu le 。
Oh my gosh, you are totally hopeless! Thank heavens you have such a good friend and teacher like me. You ought to pretend to like another girl, ask her for advice, then you'll know what she likes!
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