证明不了什么 (zhèngmíng bùliǎo shénme - Can't prove anything)
Grammar & Usage
How it works
This phrase is composed of the verb 证明 (zhèngmíng - to prove), the potential complement 不了 (bùliǎo - unable to complete/achieve), and the interrogative pronoun 什么 (shénme - what/anything) used here to mean 'anything' in a negative context. It signifies an inability to provide evidence or that something observed or stated lacks significant evidentiary value.
Sample sentences
你说的这些，其实都证明不了什么。
What you've said, in fact, doesn't prove anything.
虽然他否认了，但这并不能证明不了什么。
Although he denied it, that doesn't really prove anything.
仅仅是巧合，根本证明不了什么。
It's merely a coincidence, it doesn't prove anything at all.
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Example
你说的这些，其实都证明不了什么。
What you've said, in fact, doesn't prove anything.
虽然他否认了，但这并不能证明不了什么。
Although he denied it, that doesn't really prove anything.
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