不可终日

Traditional: 不可終日

bù kě zhōng rì

Dictionary entry

to be unable to carry on even for a single day

What does 不可终日 mean?

不可终日 (bù kě zhōng rì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to be unable to carry on even for a single day

2to be in a desperate situation

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able · to approve; to permit 终zhōngend · finish 日rì(bound form) sun · day

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不可终日

bù kě zhōng rì

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