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可不是

kě bu shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

可不是 (kě bu shì) means "that's just the way it is; exactly!". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 可不是 means

1. colloquialexactly!; indeed; that's for sure

The characters in 可不是

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…

Example sentences

• 这可不是儿戏。
  It's not fun and games.
• 这可不是我做的。
  I didn't do this.

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