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不足挂齿

bù zú guà chǐ

4-character word Traditional 不足掛齒

What 不足挂齿 means

1. not worth mentioning (idiom)

The characters in 不足挂齿

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention

Example sentences

• 他的主意不足挂齿。
  Tā de zhǔyi bùzúguàchǐ.
  His proposal is not worth talking about.