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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不足为训 [bùzúwéixùn]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] not fit to serve as a model; not to be taken as an example; not an example to be followed; not to be taken as authoritative
    书本上讲的也有不足为训的。
    What is stated in books is not always true.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不足为训 [bùzúwéixùn]
  1. 1. 不能作为典范或法则。

Examples

书本上讲的也有不足为训的。
What is stated in books is not always true. 不足为训
不足为训
not fit to serve as a model; not to be taken as an example; not an example to be followed; not to be taken as authoritative
不足为训
闻见臆度,不足为训 臆度

Word Decomposition


[bù]
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[zú]
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[wéi]
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[xùn]

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