大不了

大不了 dàbuliǎo in a sentence

At worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming†

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

大不了 (dàbuliǎo) means At worst; if worst comes to worst, (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这点小事没什么 大不了 的。

Zhè diǎn xiǎoshì méi shénme dàbuliǎo de.

A little thing like this is no big deal.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大不了

大不了 重做一次,没什么可怕的。

Dàbuliǎo chóng zuò yí cì, méi shénme kěpà de.

At worst we just do it again; there is nothing to be afraid of.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大不了

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How is 大不了 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 大不了 (dàbuliǎo, "At worst; if worst comes to worst, (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 大不了 an HSK word?

Yes — 大不了 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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