不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不愧
búkuì
to be worthy of; as expected
Characters in this word
愧 kuì
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 鬼 ghost
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这支团队在压力下仍能按时交付，不愧是行业标杆。 Zhè zhī tuánduì zài yālì xià réng néng ànshí jiāofù, búkuì shì hángyè biāogān. This team could still deliver on time under pressure; it truly deserves to be called an industry benchmark.
- 他不愧是我们班的数学冠军，题目一下就做完了。 Tā búkuì shì wǒmen bān de shùxué guànjūn, tímù yíxià jiù zuò wán le. He is truly our class's maths champion; he finished the problems in no time.
- 你做的菜真好吃，不愧是大厨的徒弟。 Nǐ zuò de cài zhēn hǎochī, búkuì shì dàchú de túdì. The food you cook is delicious; you really are worthy of being a head chef's apprentice.