不置可否

Traditional form:

不置可否

Pinyin (reading):

bùzhìkěfǒu

Definitions:

• decline to comment
• not express an opinion
• be noncommittal
• hedge

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 置 - to lay out, to place, to set aside
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 否 - no, not, un-; final particle

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 置 - to lay out, to place, to set aside
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 否 - no, not, un-; final particle