Chinese symbol for “inexcusable”
说不过去
shuō bu guò qù
Traditional: 說不過去
cannot be justified; inexcusable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inexcusable is 说不过去 (shuō bu guò qù), defined as: cannot be justified; inexcusable.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 说不过去.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 听说 (聽說) | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 说法 (說法) | shuō fǎ | to expound Buddhist teachings |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inexcusable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.