未可厚非 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• not to be censured too strictly
• not altogether inexcusable
• understandable

Character by character

• 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
• 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
• 厚hòugenerous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
• 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose

Idioms sharing a character

• 乳臭未干 rǔ xiù wèi gān
• 前所未有 qián suǒ wèi yǒu
• 前所未闻 qián suǒ wèi wén
• 前缘未了 qián yuán wèi liǎo
• 宝刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
• 悬而未决 xuán ér wèi jué
• 方兴未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ
• 方兴未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài
• 旷古未有 kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu
• 旷古未闻 kuàng gǔ wèi wén

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