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不過爾爾

简 不过尔尔 · 繁 不過爾爾
Mandarin · pinyin bù guò ěr ěr

Meanings

  1. not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre
  2. nothing out of the ordinary
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Characters in this entry

不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
過
guò · pass, pass through, go across
爾
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过
guò · pass, pass through, go across
尔
ěr · you; that, those; final particle
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4–4–3–3 · bu4 guo4 er3 er3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) just so-so; mediocre; just middling

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