没谱

沒譜

méipǔ

phrase #37,606

Meanings

1 to be clueless
2 to have no plan
3 to be unreliable

Characters

musical score; chart; standard

Examples

他做事一向没谱,别信他。

Tā zuò shì yíxiàng méi pǔ, bié xìn tā.

He's always unreliable in what he does — don't trust him.

这件事我心里没谱。

Zhè jiàn shì wǒ xīnli méi pǔ.

I have no clear idea about this matter.

Tips

memory

谱 originally means 'musical score / chart' — having a 谱 means you have a guide to follow. 心里没谱 ('no score in the heart') = no inner roadmap, no clear sense of how things will go. Northern colloquial; very common in Beijing speech.

Stroke Order

没 méi

谱 pǔ