(coll.) not bad in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 不赖 with this easy mnemonic:

You had no (不) help from anyone and no family to rely (赖) on, yet you still graduated with honors. Not bad!

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 赖
• 不

• 不仅
• 不好意思
• 不行
• 与众不同
• 不幸
• 用不着
• 了不起
• 何不
• 不可
• 不准
• 不足
• 不然
• 绝不
• 不赖
• 不少
• 是不是

The reading of 不赖 is bù lài.

You can remember how to say 不赖 with this useful mnemonic:

I relied on the power of Buddha (bù) and the Dalai (lài) Lama to get me through difficult times.

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