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了不起

liǎo bu qǐ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 3-character word

了不起 (liǎo bu qǐ) means "amazing, extraordinary". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 了不起 means

1. amazing
2. terrific
3. extraordinary

The characters in 了不起

• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Where 了不起 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Personal Qualities & Character (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read liǎo bu qǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.