不到

bù dào · bu dao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. not to arrive
  2. not reaching
  3. insufficient
  4. less than

In a sentence

2 examples
01

一(yí)个(ge)爱(ài)花(huā)的(de)人(rén)坏(huài)不(bu)到(dào)哪(nǎ)里(lǐ)去(qù)。

A person who likes flowers can't be evil.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cindycute · English by mervert1 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)店(diàn)不(bú)到(dào)九(jiǔ)点(diǎn)就(jiù)关(guān)门(mén)了(le)。

This shop closes before nine o'clock.

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