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深不可测

shēn bù kě cèdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
deep and unmeasurable (idiom) / unfathomable depths / incomprehensible / enigmatic and impossible to predict
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-9a3187abe506173f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

深不可測 深不可测 [shen1 bu4 ke3 ce4] /deep and unmeasurable (idiom); unfathomable depths/incomprehensible/enigmatic and impossible to predict/

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Other forms in these source records: 深不可測

  • 深
    shēn

    (lit. and fig.) deep

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 可
    kě

    (prefix) can / may / able to / -able / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very / but / however

    kè

    used in 可汗[kè hán]

  • 测
    cè

    to survey / to measure / to conjecture

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.