不可收拾

Traditional form:

不可收拾

Pinyin (reading):

bùkěshōushí

Definitions:

• irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 收 - to collect, to gather, to harvest
• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 收 - to collect, to gather, to harvest
• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)