not proper / not fit for the occasion
Headword or pronunciation不对碴儿
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unsymmetrical / asymmetric
Headword or pronunciation不对称
fishy / not right / amiss
Headword or pronunciation不对头
to not lack
Headword or pronunciation不差
not to have / without / un-
Headword or pronunciation不带
uncharged / electrically neutral
Headword or pronunciation不带电
noninterference / nonintervention
Headword or pronunciation不干涉
marvelous / marvelously
Headword or pronunciation不平凡
where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice
Headword or pronunciation不平则鸣
remarkable / remarkably / unusual
Headword or pronunciation不平常
inequality / unfairness
Headword or pronunciation不平等
(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
Headword or pronunciation不平等条约
disequilibrium
Headword or pronunciation不平衡
mishap
Headword or pronunciation不幸之事
a fortune in misfortune / a positive in the negative
Headword or pronunciation不幸之幸
to turn out just as one predicted or feared
Headword or pronunciation不幸言中
needless to say / it goes without saying
Headword or pronunciation不待说
not very
Headword or pronunciation不很
not to enjoy popular support / to be unpopular
Headword or pronunciation不得人心
to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of career etc)
Headword or pronunciation不得其门而入
awkward / unhandy / be indisposed / not feel well
Headword or pronunciation不得劲
to fail to grasp the main points
Headword or pronunciation不得要领
cannot bear to
Headword or pronunciation不忍
can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)
Headword or pronunciation不忍心
(polite formula) there's no hurry / take your time
Headword or pronunciation不忙
(idiom) to be free of jealousy or greed / to live a simple life, free from worldly desires
Headword or pronunciation不忮不求
do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects) / forgive and forget
Headword or pronunciation不念旧恶
unsatisfied / unconvinced / indignant
Headword or pronunciation不忿
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
Headword or pronunciation不怎么样
(idiom) to have an aura of authority / to have a commanding presence
Headword or pronunciation不怒而威
better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case
Headword or pronunciation不怕一万，就怕万一
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
Headword or pronunciation不怕不识货，只怕货比货
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
Headword or pronunciation不怕不识货，就怕货比货
lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb) / fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority
Headword or pronunciation不怕官，只怕管
it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)
Headword or pronunciation不怕慢，就怕站
(saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent
Headword or pronunciation不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation不怕贼偷就怕贼惦记
unremitting in one's efforts
Headword or pronunciation不怠
(idiom) a matter of no great urgency
Headword or pronunciation不急之务
not to worry / not to show concern
Headword or pronunciation不恤
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