不到
not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than
Example Sentences
广阔的草原上一眼望不到边。
guǎng kuò de cǎo yuán shàng yī yǎn wàng bú dào biān.
On the vast prairie, stretching your eyes, you can't see the shore.
既然买不到票,那就算了吧。
jì rán mǎi bú dào piào, nà jiù suàn le ba.
If I can't get a ticket, then just forget it.
真想不到我们竟然会在异国他乡相遇。
zhēn xiǎng bú dào wǒ men jìng rán huì zài yì guó tā xiāng xiāng yù.
It's surprising that we can meet each other in a foreign land.
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Related Words & Compounds
lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
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