不敢恭維
bù​gǎn​gōng​wéi

to be unimpressed

  • created sense approved 不敢恭维/不敢恭維 · bù​gǎn​gōng​wéi · to be unimpressed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不敢恭维 / 不敢恭維

    bù​gǎn​gōng​wéi

    to be unimpressed

    Used as a polite way to say that something is of poor quality or not as good as expected; literally "dare not compliment"

    bù​gǎn​gōng​wei

    不敢 (literal) → 不敢 · bù​gǎn · to not dare 恭维 (literal) → 恭维/恭維 · gōng​wei · to flatter

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense