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Chinese symbol for “unrealistic”

不切实际
bù qiè shí jì
Traditional: 不切實際
unrealistic; impractical

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unrealistic is 不切实际 (bù qiè shí jì), defined as: unrealistic; impractical.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
切 qiè
to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
实 shí
real, true; honest, sincere
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
际 jì
border, boundary, juncture
radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “unrealistic”

WordPinyinMeaning
迂儒yū rúunrealistic; pedantic and impractical

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不切实际.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
一切yī qièeverything; every
密切mì qièclose; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc)
切实 (切實)qiè shífeasible; realistic
其实 (其實)qí shíactually; in fact; really
国际 (國際)guó jìinternational

See also: Japanese symbol for “unrealistic”.

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.