"Worthwhile" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 hé suàn worthwhile / to be a good deal / to be a bargain / to reckon up / to calculate
 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting
 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective
 fàn de zháo worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) / also written 犯得上[fan4 de5 shang4]
 fàn de shàng worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile)
 yǒu gǎo tou (coll.) worthwhile / likely to be fruitful
 chāo zhí great value / well worthwhile
 yuān wang to accuse wrongly / to treat unjustly / injustice / wronged / not worthwhile
 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye
 fàn bu zháo not worthwhile
 mù kōng yī qiè the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom) / arrogant / condescending / supercilious
 shàng suàn to be worthwhile / to be worth it
 bù xū cǐ xíng the trip has not been made in vain / the trip has been well worthwhile / it's been a worthwhile trip
 mù kōng sì hǎi the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom) / arrogant / condescending / supercilious
 tīng shàng qu to sound (difficult, worthwhile etc) / to seem
 gǎo tou (coll.) likelihood of being worthwhile / cf. 有搞頭|有搞头[you3 gao3 tou5] and 沒搞頭|没搞头[mei2 gao3 tou5]
 yǒu suǒ zuò wéi (idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile / to make a positive contribution
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