fá shàn kě chén

Traditional: 乏善可陳

乏善可陈 (fá shàn kě chén) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to be nothing to write home about”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to be nothing to write home about

Characters in 乏善可陈

乏fá · short of善shàn · good (virtuous)可kě · (prefix) can; may; able to; -able陈chén · (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display

Related words

可以can可(prefix) can; may; able to; -able可used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可能might (happen)可是but; however可爱adorable可怜pitiful可怕awful不可思议(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable可惜it is a pity可不see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4]不可cannot; should not; must not

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