大不了 dà bù liǎo — at worst

Meanings

1. 1

   at worst

   at worst; if worst comes to worst; serious; alarming

   verb

Character breakdown

• 大

  dà (fourth tone, falling) dài (fourth tone, falling)

  big, large; (of age) old; greatly, very; (dài) only in 大夫 dàifu, a doctor

  3 strokesRadical 大
• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

  not, no — the general negative, placed before verbs and adjectives

  4 strokesRadical 一

Words containing 大

• 大dà (fourth tone, falling)big, large
• 大家dàjiā (fourth tone, falling)everyone, everybody
• 大学/大學dà (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)university
• 大概dàgài (fourth tone, falling)probably, roughly, approximately
• 伟大/偉大wěi (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
• 长大/長大zhǎng (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)to grow up
• 巨大jù (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)huge
• 重大zhòng (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
• 大量dà (fourth tone, falling) liàng (fourth tone, falling)great amount
• 强大/強大qiáng (second tone, rising) dà (fourth tone, falling)large
• 大部分dà (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) fen (neutral tone)in large part
• 大多数/大多數dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)(great) majority
• 大约/大約dà (fourth tone, falling) yuē (first tone, high and level)approximately
• 大人dà (fourth tone, falling) ren (neutral tone)adult
• 大会/大會dà (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)general assembly
• 大赛/大賽dà (fourth tone, falling) sài (fourth tone, falling)grand contest
• 大型dà (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)large
• 大师/大師dà (fourth tone, falling) shī (first tone, high and level)great master

Words containing 不

• 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
• 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
• 不错/不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
• 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
• 不断/不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
• 不过/不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
• 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
• 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
• 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
• 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
• 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
• 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
• 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
• 不够/不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
• 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
• 不仅/不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)