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不是東西

简 不是东西 · 繁 不是東西
Mandarin · pinyin bù shì dōng xi

Meanings

  1. (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing
  2. worthless nobody
  3. no-good
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
是
shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
東
dōng · east, eastern, eastward
西
xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
东
dōng · east, eastern, eastward
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4–4–1–5 · bu4 shi4 dong1 xi5

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bat1 si6 dung1 sai1

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verb

  1. (colloquial, insult, derogatory, slang, idiomatic) to be a contemptible person; to be worthless

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