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不愧

bù kuì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不愧 (bù kuì) means "to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 不愧 means

1. to be worthy of
2. to deserve to be called
3. to prove oneself to be

The characters in 不愧

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 愧kuìashamed

Sounds the same

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

• 不匮(literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking

Where 不愧 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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