大不了
dàbuliǎo
at worst; no big deal
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
了 le
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 项目失败也大不了重新来过，真正不能接受的是隐瞒风险。 Xiàngmù shībài yě dàbuliǎo chóngxīn lái guò, zhēnzhèng bù néng jiēshòu de shì yǐnmán fēngxiǎn. If the project fails, at worst we start again; what is truly unacceptable is concealing the risks.
- 大不了明天再来一次，别着急。 Dàbuliǎo míngtiān zài lái yí cì, bié zháojí. At worst we will come again tomorrow, so do not worry.
- 迟到几分钟没什么大不了的。 Chídào jǐ fēnzhōng méi shénme dàbuliǎo de. Being a few minutes late is no big deal.
Related words
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 大 dà big, large; older
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part
- 大大 dàdà greatly; much more
- 大多数 dàduōshù the majority; most
- 大海 dàhǎi sea; ocean
- 大家 dàjiā everyone
- 大量 dàliàng a large amount of
- 大门 dàmén main entrance; gate
- 大人 dàren adult