不
赖

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The word "不赖" is formed by directly combining the character "不", meaning "not", with the character "赖", which here carries a negative sense such as "bad" or "poor", resulting in a literal meaning of "not bad" to express that something is fairly good or acceptable.

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这道菜的味道真不赖。

zhè dào cài de wèi dào zhēn bú lài.

The taste of this dish is really good.

你的画画技术很不赖。

nǐ de huà huà jì shù hěn bú lài.

Your painting skills are quite impressive.

他这次的工作成绩确实不赖。

tā zhè cì de gōng zuò chéng jì què shí bú lài.

His work performance this time is indeed praiseworthy.

相比去年的产品，今年的新款手机不赖。

xiāng bǐ qù nián de chǎn pǐn, jīn nián de xīn kuǎn shǒu jī bú lài.

Compared to last year's product, this year's new model of mobile phone is pretty good.

虽然天气不太好，但这次野餐的总体感觉还是不赖的。

suī rán tiān qì bú tài hǎo, dàn zhè cì yě cān de zǒng tǐ gǎn jué hái shi bú lài de.

Although the weather wasn't great, the overall feeling of this picnic was still pretty good.

Word Definition - 不赖

bù lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine

Individual Character Details

不 bù
赖 lài, lài, lài