| 不可开交 |
bù kě kāi jiāo |
to be awfully (busy etc) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不可 |
bù kě |
cannot; should not; must not |
| 可 |
kě |
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however |
| 可 |
kè |
used in 可汗 |
| 开 |
kāi |
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |
| 开交 |
kāi jiāo |
(used with negative) to conclude / (impossible) to end / (can't) finish |
| 交 |
jiāo |
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤 |