impossible to get even an outline (idiom) / unfathomable / not a clue
Headword or pronunciation不可端倪
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impossible to get even an outline (idiom) / unfathomable / not a clue
Headword or pronunciation不可端倪
to be unable to carry on even for a single day / to be in a desperate situation
Headword or pronunciation不可终日
indispensable
Headword or pronunciation不可缺少
unbelievable / incredible
Headword or pronunciation不可置信
impossible / cannot
Headword or pronunciation不可能
insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
Headword or pronunciation不可解
inexpressible (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation不可言喻
irreversible
Headword or pronunciation不可逆
impassable / insurmountable / insuperable
Headword or pronunciation不可逾越
noncooperation
Headword or pronunciation不合作
illegal
Headword or pronunciation不合法
unreasonable
Headword or pronunciation不合理
not according with decorum / scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior
Headword or pronunciation不合体统
unlucky / inauspicious / ominous
Headword or pronunciation不吉
ominous
Headword or pronunciation不吉利
without a penny to one's name / penniless / stony-broke
Headword or pronunciation不名一文
to be penniless
Headword or pronunciation不名一钱
abstract number
Headword or pronunciation不名数
disreputable / disgraceful
Headword or pronunciation不名誉
to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation不吐不快
unaspirated
Headword or pronunciation不吐气
(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion / your criticism will be most valuable
Headword or pronunciation不吝珠玉
to be so kind as to enlighten me
Headword or pronunciation不吝赐教
unambiguous / unequivocal / explicit / prudent / cautious / not negligent / unafraid / unhesitating / really good / extraordinary
Headword or pronunciation不含糊
undistributed
Headword or pronunciation不周延
(dialect) not that great / not up to much / nothing special
Headword or pronunciation不咋地
(dialect) not that great / not up to much / nothing special
Headword or pronunciation不咋的
not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
Headword or pronunciation不咎既往
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
Headword or pronunciation不问青红皂白
just as / no less than / like (sth momentous) / as good as / tantamount to
Headword or pronunciation不啻
no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom) / differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger
Headword or pronunciation不啻天渊
(Internet slang) if you don't like it, don't flame / please don't attack me if you disagree
Headword or pronunciation不喜勿喷
inflexible / unaccommodating
Headword or pronunciation不圆通
not to seek (sth) / to have no expectation of (sth) / (literary) unexpectedly
Headword or pronunciation不图
not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
Headword or pronunciation不在
to be dead / to have passed away
Headword or pronunciation不在了
don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)
Headword or pronunciation不在其位,不谋其政
to pay no attention to / not to mind
Headword or pronunciation不在意
to be out of form / not to be oneself
Headword or pronunciation不在状态
uneven / distributed unevenly
Headword or pronunciation不均