Text matches for “不”

(Tw) (slang) don't / must not / won't do (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要[bù yào] or 不行[bù xíng])

see 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]

see 一著不慎，滿盤皆輸|一着不慎，满盘皆输[yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū]

(used before 不少[bù shǎo] or 不多[bù duō]) in terms of quantity / (before a number) numbering / amounting to

abbr. for 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠|瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠[guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān]

sb who is easy to deal with (usu. in the negative, e.g. after 不是[bù shì])

to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽[sān bù xiǔ])

to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[sān bù xiǔ]) / to expound one's theory

see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]

see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]

see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]

see 行不更名，坐不改姓[xíng bù gēng míng , zuò bù gǎi xìng]

to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in 不諱言|不讳言[bù huì yán] "to state frankly")

the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later / also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟|跑得了和尚，跑不了庙[pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào]

see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ]

abbr. for 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生|野火烧不尽，春风吹又生[yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng]

(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)2 matching entries

(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change / to waver (usu. in 不渝[bù yú])

(dialect) contracted form of 不知道[bù zhī dào]

used in expressions of the form 照[zhào] + {verb} + 不誤|不误[bù wù], in which 照[zhào] means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照買不誤|照买不误[zhào mǎi bù wù], to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price hikes)

Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[Cáo Bù xīng], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[Gù Kǎi zhī], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[Lù Tàn wēi] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[Zhāng Sēng yóu]

(literary) used in expressions of the form 不[bù] + (verb) + 則已|则已[zé yǐ] ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."

lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhū zǐ bǎi jiā], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín dài] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lǚ Bù wéi]

Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約|不平等条约 between Russia, USA, England, France and Qing China

(dialect) don't / must not (contracted form of 不要[bù yào])

(dialect) contracted form of 不好[bù hǎo]

Miscellaneous School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocate was Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lǚ Bù wéi]

no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)

don't! / must not

I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint

correct / right / not bad / pretty good

cannot / must not / should not

not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter

won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable

different / distinct / not the same / not alike

to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)

no good

no more / no longer

need not