Chinese symbol for “unmanageable”
不可收拾
bù kě shōu shi
(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unmanageable is 不可收拾 (bù kě shōu shi), defined as: (idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不可收拾.
| 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 |
| 收入 | shōu rù | to take in; income |
| 收拾 | shōu shi | to put in order; to tidy up |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unmanageable”.
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.