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划不来 (huá bu lái): not worth it

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7adjective

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning
not worth it
Characters
3
Part of speech
adjective
HSK level
HSK 7

Full definitions

Meanings grouped by pronunciation.

  • not worth it

Chinese explanation

  • 指做某事得到的利益或好处小于付出的代价,不值得去做。

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Character breakdown

HSK 6

to row

HSK 1

no

HSK 1

to come

Example sentences

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To save ten yuan on a taxi, I walked for forty minutes, but ended up being fifty yuan late, which was totally not worth it.

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Although this restaurant is cheap, the food is bad and the service is poor; I won't come again—it's not worth it.

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Spending 5,000 yuan on this phone, whose performance is worse than a 3,000-yuan one, I think it's not worth it.

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He took two days off to see a concert, but couldn't get tickets—it really wasn't worth it.

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Working overtime until midnight every day without a raise—continuing like this is not worth it.

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