到不行

Mandarin · pinyin dào bù xíng

Meanings

  1. extremely
  2. incredibly
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到
dào · go to, arrive, been to
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
行
xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
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4–4–2 · dao4 bu4 xing2

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