别 bié
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 另 another 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
别说
biéshuō
let alone; not to mention
Characters in this word
说 shuō
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这份报告漏洞太多，别说通过评审，连基本的数据来源都解释不清。 Zhè fèn bàogào lòudòng tài duō, biéshuō tōngguò píngshěn, lián jīběn de shùjù láiyuán dōu jiěshì bù qīng. This report has too many loopholes; let alone passing review, it cannot even explain its basic data sources clearly.
- 他累得别说跑步了，连走路都觉得困难。 Tā lèi de biéshuō pǎobù le, lián zǒulù dōu juéde kùnnan. He is so tired that, let alone running, even walking is hard.
- 这道题别说小学生，连大学生也不一定会做。 Zhè dào tí biéshuō xiǎoxuésheng, lián dàxuéshēng yě bù yídìng huì zuò. Never mind primary school pupils, even university students may not be able to solve this problem.