少
不
了

Cannot do without in Chinese: 少不了 (shǎo bu liǎo)

shǎo bu liǎo

cannot do without

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1cannot do without
  2. 2to be unavoidable
  3. 3are bound to be many

Stroke order

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少
不
了

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄠˇ

shǎo

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄌㄧㄠˇ

liǎo

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 做这道菜少不了盐和油。

    zuò zhè dào cài shǎo bù liǎo yán hé yóu。

    You can't make this dish without salt and oil.

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Related words

不

bù

no

了

le

(completed action marker)

少

shǎo

few

多少

duō shǎo

number

除了

chú le

besides

了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

为了

wèi le

for

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

减少

jiǎn shǎo

to lessen

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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