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不济

bù jì

2-character word Traditional 不濟

What 不济 means

1. colloquialno good; of no use

The characters in 不济

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 济jìto cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help

Example sentences

• 再不济我也能拿个平均分。
  Zàibù jì wǒ yě néng ná gè píngjūn fēn.
  At worst, I will get an average mark.
• 过多会坏事，过少不济事。
  Too much spoils, too little is nothing.

Words containing 不济

• 时运不济shí yùn bù jìfate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good
• 眼神不济yǎn shén bù jìto have poor eyesight

Sounds the same

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

• 不计to disregard; to take no account of
• 簿记bookkeeping