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不善
bùshàn
1. bad
2. ill
3. not good at
4. not to be pooh-poohed
5. quite impressive
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Character Breakdown

不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1 4 丶
善
shàn
good, virtuous, charitable, kind
HSK 5 12 丶

Compound Words (2)

来者不善，善者不来
láizhěbùshàn,shànzhěbùlái
He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
善者不辩，辩者不善
shànzhěbùbiàn,biànzhěbùshàn
Good words are not persuasive, persuasive words are not good (idiom, from Laozi [[老子]] 81). Do not be taken in by appearances.

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
8,418 of 84,292