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不可一世

bù kě yī shì

4-character word

What 不可一世 means

1. idiomto consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant

The characters in 不可一世

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 世shìlife; age; generation

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