别说

別說

biéshuō

conjunction HSK 7

Meanings

1 not to mention
2 let alone
3 to say nothing of

Characters

Examples

别说跑步了，走路都走不动。

Biéshuō pǎobù le, zǒulù dōu zǒu bù dòng.

Let alone running, I can't even walk.

别说一万块，一千块我都拿不出来。

Biéshuō yī wàn kuài, yī qiān kuài wǒ dōu ná bù chūlái.

Not to mention ten thousand yuan, I can't even come up with one thousand.

别说是他，连我都不知道。

Biéshuō shì tā, lián wǒ dōu bù zhīdào.

Not to mention him, even I don't know.

Tips

grammar

The pattern is: 别说 + [harder/bigger thing], [even easier/smaller thing] + 都/也 + [negative]. It emphasizes that if even the easier thing is impossible, the harder thing is certainly out of the question.

Stroke Order

别 bié

说 shuō