(bú cuò) - not bad, pretty good, correct in Mandarin
búcuòTraditional: 不錯
Translation
not bad, pretty good, correct
Word origin
A two-character expression: 不 'not' plus 错 'wrong, mistaken' (the metal radical 钅with 昔 xī as phonetic). Together 不错 literally means 'not wrong', hence 'not bad' or 'pretty good'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 不 (not) + 错 (钅metal + 昔 xī phonetic)
Stroke order
不
错
Examples
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Your performance is not bad.
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This idea is pretty good.
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The taste is not bad.
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This restaurant's food is pretty good.
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Today's weather is quite nice.
不错 (bú cuò) means not bad, pretty good, correct. It is used as a other in everyday Mandarin speech.
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