Text matches for “不”

one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom) / (fig.) extremely stingy

lit. a full bottle makes no sound / a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise

to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)

once it gets started there's no stopping it

to be impossible to stop once started

lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly

not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit

to keep totally silent / noiselessly

One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)

(idiom) to have a disagreement (typically leading to a quarrel or fight)

to not say a word (idiom)

It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

not at all

lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss

the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase)

(Tw) from time to time / frequently

the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[lì dé], one's service 立功[lì gōng] and one's writings 立言[lì yán] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuǒ Zhuàn])

air ball (basketball)

to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end / to know nothing at all

of undetermined status / unregulated

to talk shop all the time (idiom)

three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child

to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab

too disreputable, crude or inferior to be presented publicly or taken seriously

lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom) / fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices

(idiom) to be out of breath / to gasp for air

to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed

to be put on the spot / to find oneself in an awkward situation

not necessarily / maybe

soon

different / distinctive / unlike

by no means an isolated case / numerous

(orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流[liú], 梳[shū] and 毓[yù], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)

to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)

as many as / no less than / not inferior to / as good as / on a par with

not to one's liking

unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope

not to stick to the old conventions

unclean / filthy / foul-mouthed