The plan isn't workable.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
行不通
won't work
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
won't work
02
will get (you) nowhere
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 行不通 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 行不通 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The problem is that it wouldn’t work!
I'm afraid it won't work.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 行不通.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 行不通.
Directly before
- 是行不通6
- 为什么行不通1
- 计划行不通1
- 这行不通1
- 就行不通1
Directly after
- 行不通的5
- 行不通要花1
- 行不通了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 行不通
What does 行不通 mean in Chinese?
行不通 (xíngbutōng) means won't work.
How do you pronounce 行不通?
行不通 is pronounced xíngbutōng.
Is 行不通 an HSK word?
行不通 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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