amazing in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 了不起 with this easy mnemonic:

It's amazing how you can render someone speechless and in complete (了) awe so they can't say no (不) to you. I bet you never had a problem arise (起) for you in life.

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

• 起
• 了
• 不

• 对了
• 了不起
• 用不着
• 不惜
• 不可思议
• 永不
• 不许
• 不知
• 除了
• 不安
• 与众不同
• 不要
• 不论
• 不妙
• 不然
• 不可

The reading of 了不起 is liǎo bù qǐ.

You can remember how to say 了不起 with this useful mnemonic:

Well, my power only works for people in Laos (liǎo), someone who likes comic books (bù), or someone who likes cheese (qǐ).

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

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