不可一世

bù kě yī shì

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant

What does 不可一世 mean?

不可一世 (bù kě yī shì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able · to approve; to permit 一yīone · single 世Shìsurname Shi

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不可一世

bù kě yī shì

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