gǎo​bu​hǎo

maybe

  1. to cause
    to cause a specific result or state. Often used before a result-describing word, meaning to make something clear, messy, or ruined.
  2. bu particle
    [potential]
    Used between a verb and its result to show that the action cannot achieve that result; used as the negative form of the de potential construction
  3. hǎo particle
    [finished]
    used after a verb to show that an action is completed, finished, or done to satisfaction