不
至
于

Unlikely to go so far as to in Chinese: 不至于 (bù zhì yú)

bù zhì yú

unlikely to go so far as to

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 不至於1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as

Stroke order

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不
至
于

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓˋ

zhì

ㄓ/ zhˋ/ fourth tone

ㄩˊ

yú

ㄩ/ üˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

不至于

Simplified

不至於

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他只是迟到，不至于被开除吧。

    tā zhǐ shì chí dào， bú zhì yú bèi kāi chú ba。

    He was just late; surely they won't go so far as to fire him.

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Related words

不

bù

no

至

zhì

to arrive

于

yú

to go

关于

guān yú

pertaining to

终于

zhōng yú

at last

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

甚至

shèn zhì

even

由于

yóu yú

due to

于是

yú shì

thereupon

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