说不上 (說不上)
shuō bu shàng
Pinyin

Definition

说不上 (說不上)
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shuō bu shàng
  1. to be unable to say or tell
  2. to not be worth mentioning

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
上下
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about
上来
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
上传
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to upload

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
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
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)

Sample Sentences

我一时也说不上来，但我觉得韩国的戏剧与音乐，制作用心，内容出色。
wǒ yīshí yě shuōbùshànglái ，dàn wǒ juéde Hánguó de xìjù yǔ yīnyuè ，zhìzuò yòngxīn ，nèiróng chūsè 。
You're putting me on the spot, but I think that Korean drama and music is very well produced and is great in terms of content.
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帅倒是说不上，不过看着挺顺眼的。
shuài dàoshì shuō bu shàng ，bùguò kàn zhe tǐng shùnyǎn de 。
You couldn't call him really handsome, but he's pretty good looking.
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说到空气，这儿的空气实在说不上值得享受吧。
shuōdào kōngqì ，zhèr de kōngqì shízài shuō bu shàng zhídé xiǎngshòu ba 。
Speaking of fresh air, the air here isn't exactly worth enjoying.
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你这是真爱呀！毕竟你看到牠的时候，牠实在说不上可爱，甚至，有点恐怖呢。
nǐ zhè shì zhēn ài ya ！bìjìng nǐ kàndào tā de shíhou ，tā really shuō bu shàng kě ài ，shènzhì ，yǒudiǎnr kǒngbù ne 。
That's really true love! Given that when you saw it, it actually wasn't that cute, it was even a little scary looking.
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你们还不是一天到晚幻想女生都要像林志玲，没有啦，只有我这种说不上美如天仙，但至少不太抱歉的可爱女孩！
nǐmen háibùshì yītiāndàowǎn huànxiǎng nǚshēng dōuyào xiàng Lín Zhìlíng ，méiyǒu la ，zhǐyǒu wǒ zhèzhǒng shuō bu shàng měi rú tiānxiān ，dàn zhìshǎo bùtài bàoqiàn de kě ài nǚhái ！
Aren't you guys always fantasizing that all girls are like Lin Zhiling from morning to night. They aren't, there are only girls like me that aren't angelic beauties, but at least are cute and aren't really unfortunate looking!
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为了吃得健康、吃得心安，累一点也值得。更何况，现在有各式各样的机器帮忙，只是花点儿时间备料而已，也说不上累。
wèile chī de jiànkāng 、chī de xīnān ，lèi yīdiǎn yě zhídé 。gènghékuàng ，xiànzài yǒu gèshìgèyàng de jīqì bāngmáng ，zhǐshì huā diǎnr shíjiān bèiliào éryǐ ，yě shuōbùshàng lèi 。
It is worth a little effort to eat healthy and eat safely, not to mention that nowadays there are so many labor-saving devices to help out, you just have to spend a little time preparing the ingredients, it's not so tiring.
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中文名字我说不上来。要不我给你说说情节。嗯......反正里面的女主角叫素子，脸蛋挺漂亮的，是未来机动警察队的队长。她是义体人......
Zhōngwén míngzi wǒ shuō bu shànglái 。yàobù wǒ gěi nǐ shuō shuo qíngjié 。ng4 ......fǎnzhèng lǐmiàn de nǚ zhǔjué jiào Sùzǐ ，liǎndàn tǐng piàoliang de ，shì wèilái jīdòng jǐngchá duì de duìzhǎng 。tā shì yìtǐrén ......
I can't quite tell you the Chinese name. How about I tell you about the plot. Uh, well, anyway, the female star is called Major Kusanagi. She has a beautiful face and a hot body. She's the head of a team of robot police in the future. She's a cyborg...
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