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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

小可xiǎo kě

small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person

小可爱xiǎo kě ài

cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment)

尚可shàng kě

not bad / satisfactory

几可乱真jī kě luàn zhēn

to seem almost genuine / easily mistaken for the real thing

形迹可疑xíng jì kě yí

(idiom) suspicious-looking (in one's behavior or movements)

后生可畏hòu shēng kě wèi

the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time

得可以de kě yǐ

(coll.) (stative verb suffix) very / awfully

必不可缺bì bù kě quē

see 必不可少[bì bù kě shǎo]

急不可耐jí bù kě nài

unable to wait

情不可却qíng bù kě què

unable to refuse because of affection

愚不可及yú bù kě jí

impossibly stupid

憨态可掬hān tài kě jū

(of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable / cute

星星之火,可以燎原xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán

a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect

是可忍,孰不可忍shì kě rěn , shú bù kě rěn

if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom) / enough is enough

书面许可shū miàn xǔ kě

written permission / written authorization

有可能yǒu kě néng

possible / probable / possibly / probably / may / might

朋友妻不可欺péng you qī bù kě qī

you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)

未来可期wèi lái kě qī

the future looks promising / to have a bright future ahead

未可wèi kě

cannot

未可厚非wèi kě hòu fēi

not to be censured too strictly (idiom) / not altogether inexcusable / understandable

未可同日而语wèi kě tóng rì ér yǔ

lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom) / not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable

未尝不可wèi cháng bù kě

(idiom) acceptable / fine / okay

未置可否wèi zhì kě fǒu

to refuse to comment / same as 不置可否

朽木不可雕xiǔ mù bù kě diāo

lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) / fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

林可霉素lín kě méi sù

(pharmacology) lincomycin

核可hé kě

(Tw) to review and approve

楚楚可怜chǔ chǔ kě lián

(idiom) pitiable / sweet, innocent and vulnerable

极有可能jí yǒu kě néng

extremely possible / probable

乐不可支lè bù kě zhī

overjoyed (idiom) / as pleased as punch

乐不可极lè bù kě jí

(idiom) one should not overindulge in pleasure

机不可失,失不再来jī bù kě shī , shī bù zài lái

opportunity knocks but once (idiom)

机不可失,时不再来jī bù kě shī , shí bù zài lái

Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)

历历可数lì lì kě shǔ

each one distinguishable

没有什么不可能méi yǒu shén me bù kě néng

nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it

油光可鉴yóu guāng kě jiàn

lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom) / lustrous

洛可可luò kě kě

rococo (loanword) / very ornate

海水不可斗量hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng

see 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]

渴不可耐kě bù kě nài

to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it

无事可做wú shì kě zuò

to have nothing to do / to have time on one's hands

无可匹敌wú kě pǐ dí

unsurpassed / unparalleled

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