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搞不好

gaau2 bat1 hou2

gao3 bu hao3

perhaps; maybe

Level: 3
This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

搞不好

This word was added by jsrwang on 5th Aug 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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搞 gaau2 gao3 - carry on; set up
不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
好 hou2 hou3 hao3 {hao4} - good, fine; very much

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他搞不好是故意的國 edit
He may have done it intentionally.

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