to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom) / to bide one's time
Headword or pronunciation按兵不动
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to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom) / to bide one's time
Headword or pronunciation按兵不动
(idiom) to say not a single word about it
Headword or pronunciation只字不提
(idiom) not worth a penny / utterly worthless
Headword or pronunciation一钱不值
as expected
Headword or pronunciation不出所料
to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off
Headword or pronunciation不问
incurable disease
Headword or pronunciation不治之症
unpleasant to the eye / objectionable
Headword or pronunciation看不顺眼
unrelenting / without stopping to rest
Headword or pronunciation马不停蹄
(idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust / spotlessly clean / (of a person) honest / incorruptible
Headword or pronunciation一尘不染
not stick to one pattern
Headword or pronunciation不拘一格
to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
Headword or pronunciation对不住
unable to restrain one's anger (idiom) / in a towering rage
Headword or pronunciation怒不可遏
(idiom) too many to count / innumerable
Headword or pronunciation数不胜数
cannot be justified / inexcusable
Headword or pronunciation说不过去
(idiom) to reap without sowing / to get sth without working for it / to sponge off others
Headword or pronunciation不劳而获
to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
Headword or pronunciation不欢而散
terrific / terrible / (after 得[]) very
Headword or pronunciation了不得
(idiom) hard to come by / not easily obtained
Headword or pronunciation来之不易
to make a full confession / to plead guilty
Headword or pronunciation供认不讳
well-tried / time-tested
Headword or pronunciation屡试不爽
to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded
Headword or pronunciation杀人不眨眼
not in the least concerned (idiom) / reckless / couldn't give a damn about it / unperturbed / couldn't care less / harum scarum
Headword or pronunciation满不在乎
second-rate / inferior / low-status
Headword or pronunciation不入流
continually / without a break / ceaselessly
Headword or pronunciation不息
untiring / unremitting / indefatigable
Headword or pronunciation不懈
to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble
Headword or pronunciation不解
to despise / to hold in contempt
Headword or pronunciation不齿
not enough time (to do sth) / too late (to do sth)
Headword or pronunciation赶不及
unyielding / indomitable
Headword or pronunciation不屈不挠
lawless / illegal / unlawful
Headword or pronunciation不法
(idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth) / (idiom) unheeding / reckless
Headword or pronunciation不管不顾
not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant
Headword or pronunciation不着边际
to refuse nobody (idiom) / all comers welcome
Headword or pronunciation来者不拒
to just escape from calamity
Headword or pronunciation大难不死
(idiom) anxious / in turmoil
Headword or pronunciation忐忑不安
to grow and multiply without end
Headword or pronunciation生生不息
to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words
Headword or pronunciation直言不讳
(idiom) to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all / to be well accustomed (to sth)
Headword or pronunciation见怪不怪
(idiom) barren land / desert
Headword or pronunciation不毛之地
unafraid / to defy
Headword or pronunciation不畏