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不像話

bat1 zoeng6 waa6*2

bu4 xiang4 hua4

shocking; outrageous; unreasonable; ridiculous | Syn.: 離譜 | [粵]: 唔似樣

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 309,000

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

不像話 / 不像话

This word was added by tym on 20th Nov 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
像 zoeng6 xiang4 yang4 - image; portrait; picture
話 waa6 waa6*2 hua4 - speech; words; sayings

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