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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不堪设想 [bùkānshèxiǎng]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] too ghastly (or dreadful) to contemplate
    后果将不堪设想
    The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate. or The consequences would be disastrous.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不堪设想 [bùkānshèxiǎng]
  1. 1. 对事情发展的结果不敢想象。指预料到事情的结果会是很坏或很危险的。

Examples

后果将不堪设想
The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate. or The consequences would be disastrous. 不堪设想
后果不堪设想
The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate. or The consequences would be disastrous. 后果
这件事情关系重大, 稍有差错的话后果将不堪设想
This is very important. A minor mistake will lead to serious consequences. 稍有
不能堵塞泄洪道, 否则后果不堪设想
The spillway can't be blocked, otherwise it will cause a serious problem. 泄洪道
不堪设想
be inconceivable 不堪
不堪设想
后果不堪设想 后果
若不及早回头,后果不堪设想 回头
大坝一旦溃决,后果不堪设想 溃决
他的潜意识告诉他,不能轻举妄动,否则后果不堪设想 潜意识

Word Decomposition


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