难以置信
nányǐzhìxìnTraditional: 難以置信
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Translation
unbelievable, hard to believe, incredible
Word origin
A four-character expression literally meaning hard (难) to (以) place (置) belief (信), that is, difficult to credit as true.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 难 (nán, hard) + 以 (yǐ, to) + 置 (zhì, place) + 信 (xìn, belief)
Stroke order
难
以
置
信
Examples
。
This news is hard to believe.
绩。
His results are unbelievably good.
。
I simply cannot believe that I won.
，。
Incredibly, they have actually broken up.
景。
The scenery before us was unbelievably beautiful.
难以置信 (nán yǐ zhì xìn) describes something so surprising or extraordinary that it is hard to accept as true. It works as a set phrase to express astonishment.
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