to pretend to understand when you don't
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
untiring / without slacking
refractory period (physiology)
(idiom) to harbor evil designs / to harbor malicious intentions
to succeed or die trying (idiom)
unwritten (rule)
unwritten law
worthless / good-for-nothing
shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow
see 不像話|不像话[]
not according with decorum (idiom) / scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior
neither war nor peace
untalented / I / me (humble)
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind
to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress
policy of non-recognition
policy of nonresistance
(nasty, stupid etc) as can be
not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
lacking in vitality / depressed (market, spirits etc)
reluctant to part with (sth or sb) / unwilling to let go of
best not to mention it / drop it / never mind / let's not talk about it
unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
to venture to / to presume to / to take the liberty of
not acquainted with the situation / not up on things
to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
to be unable to endure
(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc) / to be discredited
(idiom) invincible position
(idiom) less than impressed / underwhelmed
not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
to beg to differ (idiom)
dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit
lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term) / I cannot presume on your attention
disrespect / irreverent / rude / insufficiently respectful (to a superior)
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27