不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不肖
búxiào
unworthy; degenerate; not resembling one's worthy elders
Characters in this word
肖 xiào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺌ small ⺼ meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他因涉嫌侵吞族产，被长辈斥为不肖子孙。 Tā yīn shèxián qīntūn zúchǎn, bèi zhǎngbèi chì wéi búxiào zǐsūn. Because he was suspected of embezzling clan property, his elders condemned him as an unworthy descendant.
- 他觉得自己是不肖子，没能让父母过上好日子。 Tā juéde zìjǐ shì búxiào zǐ, méi néng ràng fùmǔ guò shàng hǎo rìzi. He felt he was an unworthy son who had failed to give his parents a good life.
- 老人叹着气说，家里出了个不肖的儿子。 Lǎorén tànzhe qì shuō, jiā lǐ chū le ge búxiào de érzi. The old man said with a sigh that the family had produced an unworthy son.