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(bú cuò) - not bad, pretty good, correct in Mandarin

cuò

Traditional: 不錯

Line drawing of 不错
Coloured illustration of 不错
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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

Stroke order for 不

Stroke order for 错

Examples

Your performance is not bad.

This idea is pretty good.

The taste is not bad.

This restaurant's food is pretty good.

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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This word is part of lesson 6.