不切实际

不切實際

bùqiè-shíjì

idiom #14,878

Meanings

1 unrealistic
2 impractical

Characters

close to; fitting

border; reality

Examples

他的想法太不切实际了。

Tā de xiǎngfǎ tài bùqièshíjì le.

His ideas are too unrealistic.

不要制定不切实际的目标。

Bùyào zhìdìng bùqièshíjì de mùbiāo.

Don't set unrealistic goals.

Tips

memory

不 (not) + 切 (close to) + 实际 (reality) = not close to reality = unrealistic. The word 切 here means 'to fit closely' — same 切 as in 切合 (to match, to fit).

Stroke Order

不 bù

切 qiē

实 shí

际 jì