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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「不可開交」 today for free with this guide.

The idiom 「不可開交」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Kai: to open, to untie; Jiao: to intersect, to entangle. Describes something that cannot be solved or gotten rid of.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bù kě kāi jiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bat1 ho2 hoi1 gaau1

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.