大可不必

Mandarin · pinyin dà kě bù bì

Meanings

  1. need not
  2. unnecessary
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
可
kě · may, can, -able; possibly
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
必
bì · surely, most certainly; must
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4–3–4–4 · da4 ke3 bu4 bi4

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daai6 ho2 bat1 bit1

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  1. (idiomatic) to be completely unnecessary

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