谈不上 (談不上)
tán bu shàng
Pinyin

Definition

谈不上 (談不上)
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tán bu shàng
  1. to be out of the question

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

跟你说一下我对恐怖电影的看法吧。欧美的恐怖电影我个人觉得，经常会出现一些血腥的限制级画面，只是让人觉得恶心而已，谈不上恐怖，代表的电影有《德州电锯杀人狂》、《惊声尖叫》等。
gēn nǐ shuō yīxià wǒ duì kǒngbù diànyǐng de kànfǎ ba 。Ōuměi de kǒngbù diànyǐng wǒ gèrén juéde ，jīngcháng huì chūxiàn yīxiē xuèxīng de xiànzhìjí huàmiàn ，zhǐshì ràngrén juéde ěxīn éryǐ ，tánbushàng kǒngbù ，dàibiǎo de diànyǐng yǒu 《dézhōu diànjù shārénkuáng 》、《jīngshēngjiānjiào 》děng 。
I'll tell you my view of horror films. In my opinion, US and European horror films often feature adult and graphically violent scenes, which really just make people feel disgust, it's not really horror. Representative films would be 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'Scream'.
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谈不上发财。就是普通的工作。我倒是听说你很不错。当总经理了，事业很顺利。
tánbushàng fācái 。jiùshì pǔtōng de gōngzuò 。wǒ dàoshì tīngshuō nǐ hěn bùcuò 。dàng zǒngjīnglǐ le ，shìyè hěn shùnlì 。
Cannot say it's fortune. It's just an ordinary job. I've heard that you are doing quite well. You're a general manager now. Your career is going really well.
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规定谈不上，我们追求的也是长久的合作关系。对于南美市场，我们希望每年你能有两万台的量。
guīdìng tánbushàng ，wǒmen zhuīqiú de yě shì chángjiǔ de hézuò guānxì 。duìyú Nánměi shìchǎng ，wǒmen xīwàng měinián nǐ néng yǒu liǎng wàn tái de liàng 。
No rules to speak of. What we want is a long-term cooperative relationship. As far as the South American market is concerned, we hope that you will have a yearly volume of 20,000 machines.
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说起岩洞探险，当然要数桂林和重庆的岩洞最有名了。不过都已经开发得差不多了，而且游客又多，谈不上什么探险。
shuōqǐ yándòng tànxiǎn ，dāngrán yào shǔ Guìlín hé Chóngqìng de yándòng zuì yǒumíng le 。bùguò dōu yǐjīng kāifā de chàbuduō le ，érqiě yóukè yòu duō ，tánbushàng shénme tànxiǎn 。
If it's spelunking, of course Guilin and Chongqing rank the most famous. But they're all more or less totally developed, and there are lots of tourists, so you can't call it exploring.
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哎，谈不上什么研究，只是略知一二罢了。比如香槟，一定要喝法国产的。而英国的香槟嘛，味道就差了这么一点儿。
āi ，tánbushàng shénme yánjiū ，zhǐshì lüèzhīyīèr bà le 。bǐrú xiāngbīn ，yīdìng yào hē Fǎguó chǎn de 。ér Yīngguó de xiāngbīn ma ，wèidao jiù chà le zhème yīdiǎnr 。
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