没戏

沒戲

méixì

phrase #6,535

Meanings

HSK 2

这件事没戏了。

Zhè jiàn shì méixì le.

There's no hope for this matter.

HSK 3

他追她？没戏！

Tā zhuī tā? Méixì!

Him chasing her? No chance!

HSK 5

考试没复习，肯定没戏。

Kǎoshì méi fùxí, kěndìng méixì.

Didn't study for the exam, definitely no hope.

memory

没 (no/not) + 戏 ('show/play') = 'no show' - nothing to see here, it's not going to happen.

没戏 is colloquial and casual. In formal contexts, use 没有希望 (no hope) or 不可能 (impossible).

没 méi

戏 xì