dà​bu​liǎodà​bù​liǎo

serious

  • created reference approved 大不了 → 了不得 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大不了 dà​bu​liǎo

    了不得 liǎo​bu​de

    synonym

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    created reference

  • created reference approved 大不了 → 了不起 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大不了 dà​bu​liǎo

    了不起 liǎo​bu​qǐ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 大不了 · dà​bu​liǎo · at worst — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大不了

    dà​bu​liǎo

    at worst

    at the worst; if worst comes to worst; indicating that the maximum consequence is manageable

    dà​bù​liǎo

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 不了 (literal) → 不了 · bù​liǎo · unable to

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 大不了 · dà​bu​liǎo · serious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大不了

    dà​bu​liǎo

    serious

    serious; alarming; usually used in the negative or in questions to mean that something is not a big deal

    dà​bù​liǎo

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 不了 (literal) → 不了 · bù​liǎo · unable to

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 大不了 · dà​bù​liǎo · not much bigger — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大不了

    dà​bù​liǎo

    not much bigger

    not much bigger or larger (than); only slightly larger

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 了 (literal) → 了 · liǎo · [possibility]

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 大不了 · dà​bù​liǎo · cannot grow big — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大不了

    dà​bù​liǎo

    cannot grow big

    unable to grow up or become large

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 了 (literal) → 了 · liǎo · [possibility]

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

    created sense