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不实

bù shí

2-character word Traditional 不實

What 不实 means

1. untrue; false; unfounded
2. literary(of a plant) to not bear fruit

The characters in 不实

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 实shíreal; true; honest

Example sentences

• 这不实用。
  It's not practical.

Words containing 不实

• 华而不实huá ér bù shíflower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside; flashy

Sounds the same

Read bù shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

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