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不可或缺 meaning in English

bùkěhuòquē

necessary; must have

27 strokes

Meaning of 不可或缺

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùkěhuòquē
  1. necessary
  2. must have

不可或缺 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

学xué习xí时shí努nǔ力lì是shì不bù可kě或huò缺quē的de。
Effort is essential to studying.
空kōng气qì是shì生shēng命mìng中zhòng不bù可kě或huò缺quē的de。
Air is indispensable to life.
若ruò是shì有yǒu人rén对duì公gōng司sī来lái说shuō是shì不bù可kě或huò缺quē的de，那nà么me这zhè家jiā公gōng司sī组zǔ织zhī得de不bù好hǎo。
If someone is indispensable to a company, then that company is not well-organized.
在zài下xià雪xuě很hěn多duō的de地dì方fāng，煤méi油yóu是shì不bù可kě或huò缺quē的de东dōng西xī。
In places where it snows a lot, kerosene is an indispensable item.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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可 kě · can · 5 strokes

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或 huò · maybe · 8 strokes

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缺 quē · deficiency · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 不可或缺.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
可以kěyǐcan; may
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
可能kěnéngmight (happen); possible
不过bùguòonly; merely
可是kěshìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
不错bùcuòcorrect; right

Questions about 不可或缺

What does 不可或缺 mean?

不可或缺 (bùkěhuòquē) means "necessary; must have".

How do you write 不可或缺?

不可或缺 is made of 4 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 可 (5 strokes), 或 (8 strokes), 缺 (10 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.