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不好

Mandarin · pinyin bù hǎo

no good

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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well

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4–3 · bu4 hao3

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adj

bad; not good; poor
unsuitable or inappropriate (to do something)
(regional) not allowed to; not supposed to
ill; sick

noun

fault

verb

to dislike; to be uninterested in

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