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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

不可 [bùkě]
  1. 1. verb [不可以]
    不可一概而论。
    You can't generalize.
    植物生长，水和阳光两者缺一不可。
    For plants to grow they must have both sun and water.
    我们不可忽视年轻人的心理健康。
    We shouldn't overlook the mental health of young people.
    我们对这些疾病不可不防。
    We mustn't fail to take steps against such diseases.
  2. 2. verb [与“非”连用]
    今天非下雨不可。
    It will certainly rain today.
    你非挨批不可。
    You are bound to be criticized.
    我们非得解决这个问题不可。
    We absolutely have to sort this problem out.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不可 [bùkě]
  1. 1. cannot; should not; must not
    你不可随便说话。
    You cannot say whatever you wish.
    不可一概而论
    must not make sweeping generalizations
  2. 2. used in 非…不可
    非你去不可。
    It won't do unless you go (with stress on "you").

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不可 [bùkě]
  1. 1. 动 不可以；不能
    数量不可少
    不可告人
  2. 2. 动 同"非"搭配，构成"非……不可"的格式，表示必须或一定
    这件事非做不可
    你非答应我不可
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Examples

不可骄傲自满，也不可妄自菲薄。
Be neither conceited nor excessively humble.
为什么非要挨到下个月不可？
Why must we put it off till next month?
暗地里做了些不可告人的事
do something secretly which cannot be told to anybody
光采夺目，不可逼视。
At close range the glare dazzles one's eyes.
不可一概而论
must not make sweeping generalizations
不可多得的佳作
a rare specimen of good writing
不可多得的人才
a man of rare ability
社会主义民主和社会主义法制不可分割。
Socialist democracy is inseparable from a socialist legal system.
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Word Decomposition

不
[bù] 		+ 可
[kě]

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