不肖 (bùxiào) — unworthy, undutiful (esp. of a son who does not take after his forebears)

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不肖 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)

不肖＝不＋肖

ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ · bùxiào

adj — unworthy, undutiful (esp. of a son who does not take after his forebears)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

不not (不是)bù

肖to resemble, take after (肖似)xiào

不肖，不是的不，生肖的肖。

關 · Related

肖像xiàoxiàngthe resembling 肖 — a likeness, a portrait不孝bùxiàothe homophone trap — 孝 is unfilial, 肖 is unworthy