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拿不准
  • [nábuzhǔn]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

拿不准 [nábuzhǔn]
  1. 1. Cannot make the right judgment on issues or matters; or cannot propose a reliable solution.
    她到底喜欢不喜欢他, 连她自己都拿不准
    She doesn’t even know whether she loves him or not.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

拿不准 [nábuzhǔn]
  1. 1. (对问题或事情等)不能作出准确的判断或拿出稳妥的处理办法
    对自己都拿不准的事情不要随便下结论。

Examples

拿不准
not be sure; feel uncertain
这事我可拿不准, 心里直犯嘀咕呢。
I have butterflies in my stomach as I have no idea about this at all. 踌躇不前
她到底喜欢不喜欢他, 连她自己都拿不准
She doesn’t even know whether she loves him or not. 拿不准
拿不准他到底来不来。
I'm not sure whether he's coming or not.
拿不准
对自己都拿不准的事情不要随便下结论。 拿不准
不准拿公家的东西做人情。 做人情
The outcome was in doubt.
结果拿不准 doubt
to doubt if {or} whether...
拿不准是否… doubt
to be uncertain how/whether to do sth
拿不准该如何做某事/是否要做某事 uncertain

Word Decomposition


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