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没戏

沒戲
méixì
phrase #6,535

Meanings

  1. 1 no chance
  2. 2 no hope
  3. 3 it's hopeless

Examples

这件事没戏了。
Zhè jiàn shì méixì le.
There's no hope for this matter.
他追她？没戏！
Tā zhuī tā? Méixì!
Him chasing her? No chance!
考试没复习，肯定没戏。
Kǎoshì méi fùxí, kěndìng méixì.
Didn't study for the exam, definitely no hope.

Tips

memory
没 (no/not) + 戏 (show/play) = 'no show' — nothing to see here, it's not going to happen.
register
没戏 is colloquial and casual. In formal contexts, use 没有希望 (méiyǒu xīwàng, no hope) or 不可能 (bù kěnéng, impossible).

Stroke Order

没 méi
戏 xì