he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night / you can rest with a clear conscience
Headword or pronunciation不做亏心事,不怕鬼敲门
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he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night / you can rest with a clear conscience
Headword or pronunciation不做亏心事,不怕鬼敲门
to be law-abiding (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation不偷不抢
unprepared / off guard
Headword or pronunciation不备
lit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach / fig. something that is not critical
Headword or pronunciation不伤脾胃
in no shape to be seen / unpresentable / beyond recognition
Headword or pronunciation不像样
disgraceful / dishonorable
Headword or pronunciation不光彩
cannot / to not be able (to) / to be unable to
Headword or pronunciation不克
inevitably
Headword or pronunciation不免
cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal
Headword or pronunciation不免一死
out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion
Headword or pronunciation不入时宜
How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom) / Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Headword or pronunciation不入虎穴,焉得虎子
(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky / absolutely irreconcilable
Headword or pronunciation不共戴天
incompatibility
Headword or pronunciation不兼容性
forbidden / not allowed
Headword or pronunciation不准许
ice-free port / open port
Headword or pronunciation不冻港
not to distinguish / to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)
Headword or pronunciation不分
not to know one's place
Headword or pronunciation不分上下
lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom) / they are all equally excellent / nothing to choose between them
Headword or pronunciation不分伯仲
to not be able to distinguish who's winning
Headword or pronunciation不分胜败
unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom) / evenly matched / to come out even / to tie / to draw
Headword or pronunciation不分胜负
to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) / to share everything / to be on very intimate terms
Headword or pronunciation不分彼此
indiscriminate
Headword or pronunciation不分情由
day and night / round-the-clock
Headword or pronunciation不分昼夜
not distinguishing black or white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
Headword or pronunciation不分皂白
to enroll without declaring one's major or department (in one's first year(s) of university)
Headword or pronunciation不分系
well-matched / equally matched
Headword or pronunciation不分轩轾
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
Headword or pronunciation不分青红皂白
equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger
Headword or pronunciation不分高下
impractical / not conforming to reality
Headword or pronunciation不切合实际
indisputable statement / unalterable truth
Headword or pronunciation不刊之论
it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive
Headword or pronunciation不划算
don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation不到火候不揭锅
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
Headword or pronunciation不到长城非好汉
lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left
Headword or pronunciation不到黄河心不死
without / not / un-
Headword or pronunciation不加
undecorated / unvarnished / no frills
Headword or pronunciation不加修饰
indiscriminate
Headword or pronunciation不加区别
unrestricted
Headword or pronunciation不加拘束
undisguised
Headword or pronunciation不加掩饰
without giving due consideration / to ignore / to overlook
Headword or pronunciation不加理睬