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不屑一顾

不屑一顾 bùxièyīgù

不屑一顾 bùxièyīgù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 不屑一顾 bùxièyīgù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bùxièyīgù | bu4 xie4 yi1 gu4
English translation
to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)

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About 不屑一顾 bùxièyīgù

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Traditional form

不屑一顧

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 不屑一顾 bùxièyīgù

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4

xiè

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shī represents the meaning and Xiāo represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Xiāo

Semantic compound

shī

Positional decomposition

尸肖

Number of Strokes

10

Type

ideographic

Explanation

A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

1

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

è

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

厄页

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 不屑一顾 bùxièyīgù

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哈里 Hā lǐ duì 老朋友 lǎo péng you de 讲话 jiǎng huà 不屑一顾 bùxièyīgù 称之 Huǒ 不了 bù le 多久 duō jiǔ

Harry dismissed his old friend's speech as "a nine-day wonder"

duì 这种 zhè zhǒng 碰运气 pèng yùn qi de 方法 fāngfǎ 不屑一顾 bùxièyīgù

He scorns the "pot-luck" approach.

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