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谈不上

tán bu shàng

3-character word Traditional 談不上

What 谈不上 means

1. to be out of the question

The characters in 谈不上

• 谈tánto speak; to talk; to converse
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

Example sentences

• 战争永远谈不上好，和平永远谈不上坏。
  Zhànzhēng yǒngyuǎn tánbushàng hǎo, hépíng yǒngyuǎn tánbushàng huài.
  There never was a good war nor a bad peace.