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叵測

简叵测 · 繁叵測

Mandarin · pinyin pǒ cè

unfathomable
unpredictable
treacherous

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叵: pǒ · cannot, be unable do, improbable; thereupon
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测: cè · measure, estimate, conjecture

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3–4 · po3 ce4

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verb

(intransitive, literary, derogatory) to be unpredictable; to be unfathomable

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