不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不至于
búzhìyú
not to the extent of, unlikely to
Characters in this word
至 zhì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 至 — reach, arrive
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这次失误虽然影响了进度，但还不至于让整个项目停下来。 Zhè cì shīwù suīrán yǐngxiǎng le jìndù, dàn hái búzhìyú ràng zhěnggè xiàngmù tíng xiàlai. Although this mistake affected the schedule, it is not serious enough to bring the whole project to a halt.
- 他只是迟到了几分钟，不至于被批评吧。 Tā zhǐshì chídào le jǐ fēnzhōng, búzhìyú bèi pīpíng ba. He was only a few minutes late; surely he won't get scolded for that.
- 感冒而已，还不至于请假去医院。 Gǎnmào éryǐ, hái búzhìyú qǐngjià qù yīyuàn. It's only a cold; it's not bad enough to take leave and go to the hospital.