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未嘗不可

简 未尝不可 · 繁 未嘗不可
Mandarin · pinyin wèi cháng bù kě

Meanings

  1. (idiom) acceptable; fine; okay
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未
wèi · not yet; eighth earthly branch
嘗
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
可
kě · may, can, -able; possibly
尝
cháng · taste; experience, experiment
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4–2–4–3 · wei4 chang2 bu4 ke3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mei6 soeng4 bat1 ho2

Cantonese word readings for 未嘗不可. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to not be forbidden or impossible

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