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There are 16 total results for your 不到 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

不到

see styles
bù dào
    bu4 dao4
pu tao
 fu tō
not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
not quite

做不到

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zuò bù dào
    zuo4 bu4 dao4
tso pu tao
impossible

得不到

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dé bù dào
    de2 bu4 dao4
te pu tao
cannot get; cannot obtain

想不到

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xiǎng bu dào
    xiang3 bu5 dao4
hsiang pu tao
unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that

找不到

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zhǎo bu dào
    zhao3 bu5 dao4
chao pu tao
can't find

聽不到


听不到

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tīng bu dào
    ting1 bu5 dao4
t`ing pu tao
    ting pu tao
can't hear

辦不到


办不到

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bàn bu dào
    ban4 bu5 dao4
pan pu tao
impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish

達不到


达不到

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dá bù dào
    da2 bu4 dao4
ta pu tao
cannot achieve; cannot reach

意想不到

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yì xiǎng bù dào
    yi4 xiang3 bu4 dao4
i hsiang pu tao
unexpected; previously unimagined

意路不到

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yì lù bù dào
    yi4 lu4 bu4 dao4
i lu pu tao
 iro fu tō
the path of words doesn't reach it

不到火候不揭鍋


不到火候不揭锅

see styles
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
    bu4 dao4 huo3 hou4 bu4 jie1 guo1
pu tao huo hou pu chieh kuo
don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

不到長城非好漢


不到长城非好汉

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bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn
    bu4 dao4 chang2 cheng2 fei1 hao3 han4
pu tao ch`ang ch`eng fei hao han
    pu tao chang cheng fei hao han
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal

不到黃河心不死


不到黄河心不死

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bù dào huáng hé xīn bù sǐ
    bu4 dao4 huang2 he2 xin1 bu4 si3
pu tao huang ho hsin pu ssu
lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom); fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal; to keep going while some hope is left

也好不到哪裡去


也好不到哪里去

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yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù
    ye3 hao3 bu4 dao4 na3 li3 qu4
yeh hao pu tao na li ch`ü
    yeh hao pu tao na li chü
just as bad; not much better

不問就聽不到假話


不问就听不到假话

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bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
    bu4 wen4 jiu4 ting1 bu4 dao4 jia3 hua4
pu wen chiu t`ing pu tao chia hua
    pu wen chiu ting pu tao chia hua
Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)

吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸


吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸

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chī bù dào pú tao shuō pú tao suān
    chi1 bu4 dao4 pu2 tao5 shuo1 pu2 tao5 suan1
ch`ih pu tao p`u t`ao shuo p`u t`ao suan
    chih pu tao pu tao shuo pu tao suan
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop); lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 16 results for "不到" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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