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格格不入

gé gé bù rù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

格格不入 (gé gé bù rù) means "(idiom) inharmonious; incompatible". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 格格不入 means

1. idiominharmonious
2. incompatible

The characters in 格格不入

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时

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