不堪设想

Traditional: 不堪設想

bù kān shè xiǎng

Dictionary entry

too horrible to contemplate

What does 不堪设想 mean?

不堪设想 (bù kān shè xiǎng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1too horrible to contemplate

2unthinkable

3inconceivable

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-堪kān(bound form) may; can · (bound form) to endure; to bear 设shèto set up; to put in place · (math.) given; suppose; if 想xiǎngto think (about) · to think of; to devise

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不堪设想

bù kān shè xiǎng

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