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不肖

unworthy

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

bu4xiao4 • bùxiào

Meaning

Primary

unworthy

Mnemonic

If you are the perfect filial, then if your son or daughter in 不 no way 肖 resembles you by doing bad things instead of good things, then they are 不肖 unworthy of your greatness and your name.

Usage

那 位 不肖 子 被 父母 所 遺棄。

That unworthy son was abandoned by his parents.

他 做 了 很多 不肖 的 行為。

He has done many unworthy acts.

父母 不 希望 他 成為 一 個 不肖 之 人。

Parents do not want him to become an unworthy person.