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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

说 shuō
to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes
不 bu
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
过 guò
pass; to go across, to pass through
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes
去 qù
to go away, to leave, to depart
radical 28 ⼛ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 说不过去.

WordPinyinMeaning
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
说话 (說話)shuō huàto speak; to say
听说 (聽說)tīng shuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that)
说法 (說法)shuō fǎto expound Buddhist teachings
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
通过 (通過)tōng guòto 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.

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