rě​bu​qǐ

cannot afford to offend

  • created reference approved 惹不起 → 惹 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惹不起 rě​bu​qǐ

    惹 rě

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 惹不起 · rě​bu​qǐ · cannot afford to offend — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惹不起

    rě​bu​qǐ

    cannot afford to offend

    to be too formidable or difficult to deal with; to be unable to risk provoking or offending someone

    rě​bù​qǐ

    惹 (literal) → 惹 · rě · to provoke 不起 (literal) → 不起 · bù​qǐ · cannot afford to

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

    created sense