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不容

bù róng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不容 (bù róng) means "must not; cannot; to not allow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不容 means

1. must not
2. cannot
3. to not allow
4. cannot tolerate

The characters in 不容

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 容róngto hold; to contain; to allow

Example sentences

• 可不容易。
  It hasn't been easy.
• 这并不容易。
  It's not easy.
• 说英语不容易。
  Speaking English is not easy.
• 到北极可不容易。
  Dào běijí kěbu róngyì.
  To reach the North Pole is not easy.
• 区分善恶不容易。
  Qūfēn shàn'è bù róngyì.
  It's not easy to distinguish good from evil.
• 这一点不容小觑。
  Zhèyīdiǎn bù róng xiǎoqù.
  That is not to be underestimated.

Words starting with 不容

• 不容置疑bù róng zhì yíunquestionable
• 不容置辩bù róng zhì biànperemptory; not to be denied; not brooking argument

Words containing 不容

• 刻不容缓kè bù róng huǎnto brook no delay; to demand immediate action
• 好不容易hǎo bù róng yìwith great difficulty; very difficult
• 义不容辞yì bù róng cínot to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty)
• 间不容发jiān bù róng fà(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom); in a critical state…
• 水火不容shuǐ huǒ bù róngcompletely incompatible; lit. incompatible as fire and water

Sounds the same

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

• 不溶insoluble

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