不堪設想 bù kān shè xiǎng

DEFINITIONS

  1. too horrible to contemplate
  2. unthinkable
  3. inconceivable

CHARACTERS

不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
堪 kān
HSK 6
adequately capable of, worthy of
設 shè build; establish; display; particle of hypothesis, supposing
想 xiǎng
HSK 1
think, speculate, plan, consider