这不能说明什么 (This doesn't explain anything)
Grammar & Usage
How it works
This is a declarative sentence expressing a negative conclusion. '这' (zhè) acts as the subject ('this'), '不能' (bù néng) is the negative modal verb ('cannot'), '说明' (shuōmíng) is the verb ('explain/prove'), and '什么' (shénme) functions as an indefinite object here, meaning 'anything'.
Sample sentences
他迟到了一分钟，但这不能说明什么，他平时很准时。
He was one minute late, but that doesn't explain anything, he's usually very punctual.
你只看到了一小部分数据，这不能说明什么。
You've only seen a small part of the data; this doesn't explain anything.
仅仅一次的成功，这不能说明什么，我们需要持续的进步。
Just one success, that doesn't explain anything; we need continuous progress.
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Example
他迟到了一分钟，但这不能说明什么，他平时很准时。
He was one minute late, but that doesn't explain anything, he's usually very punctual.
你只看到了一小部分数据，这不能说明什么。
You've only seen a small part of the data; this doesn't explain anything.
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