不测

不測
bùcè
noun #11,312

Meanings

  1. 1 unexpected mishap
  2. 2 contingency
  3. 3 unforeseen disaster

Examples

Chūmén-zàiwài yào xiǎoxīn, yǐfáng-bùcè.
Be careful when you're out, to guard against the unexpected.
Wànyī fāshēng bùcè, nǐ yào zěnmebàn?
What would you do if something unexpected happened?

Tips

memory
Not () + measure/predict () = the unmeasurable, the unpredictable. Something you cannot foresee.
register
不测 is literary/formal. Common collocations: 以防不测 (just in case), 发生不测 (mishap occurs), 天有不测风云 (the weather is unpredictable, proverb about life's uncertainties).

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