Chinese symbol for “insurmountable”

不可逾越

bù kě yú yuè

impassable; insurmountable; insuperable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for insurmountable is 不可逾越 (bù kě yú yuè), defined as: impassable; insurmountable; insuperable.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù

no, not, un-; negative prefix

radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes

可 kě

may, can, -able; possibly

radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

逾 yú

to jump over; to exceed, to surpass

radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes

越 yuè

to exceed, to surpass, to transcend

radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不可逾越.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不是	bù shì	no; is not
不能	bù néng	cannot; must not
不会 (不會)	bù huì	improbable; unlikely
不过 (不過)	bù guò	only; merely
不同	bù tóng	different; distinct
可以	kě yǐ	can; may
可能	kě néng	might (happen); possible
可是	kě shì	but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
逾期	yú qī	to be overdue; to fail to meet a deadline
越来越 (越來越)	yuè lái yuè	more and more

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.