to not get along well / to be at odds
Headword or pronunciation不睦
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(idiom) to ignore completely / to pay no attention to
Headword or pronunciation不瞅不睬
forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) / unheeding the lessons of the past
Headword or pronunciation不知丁董
somehow
Headword or pronunciation不知何故
one can't tell how many / numerous similar cases
Headword or pronunciation不知凡几
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
Headword or pronunciation不知天高地厚
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
Headword or pronunciation不知好歹
unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting
Headword or pronunciation不知就里
whereabouts unknown
Headword or pronunciation不知所之
(idiom) to not know the reason / (idiom) to not know what to do
Headword or pronunciation不知所以
(idiom) to vanish without a trace / to go missing
Headword or pronunciation不知所终
nonsense / nonsensical / incomprehensible / to make no sense
Headword or pronunciation不知所谓
to vanish without a trace / to go missing
Headword or pronunciation不知所踪
to act recklessly (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation不知死活
untiring / not recognizing tiredness
Headword or pronunciation不知疲倦
numb / unfeeling / indifferent / inconsequential
Headword or pronunciation不知痛痒
to have no sense of shame / brazen
Headword or pronunciation不知羞耻
One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible
Headword or pronunciation不知者不罪
lit. not knowing what's important (idiom) / no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities
Headword or pronunciation不知轻重
not knowing when to come or leave (idiom) / with no sense of propriety
Headword or pronunciation不知进退
without destruction there can be no construction
Headword or pronunciation不破不立
shatterproof or safety glass
Headword or pronunciation不碎玻璃
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
Headword or pronunciation不确定性原理
untrue
Headword or pronunciation不确实
(idiom) bad omen
Headword or pronunciation不祥之兆
steadfast / inalienable
Headword or pronunciation不移
useless / worthless / good-for-nothing
Headword or pronunciation不稂不莠
unstable / unsteady
Headword or pronunciation不稳
unstable equilibrium
Headword or pronunciation不稳平衡
instability
Headword or pronunciation不稳性
endless / boundless / inexhaustible
Headword or pronunciation不穷
to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)
Headword or pronunciation不第
exchange of unequal values
Headword or pronunciation不等价交换
inequality (math.)
Headword or pronunciation不等式
inequality sign (≠, < , ≤, >, ≥)
Headword or pronunciation不等号
scalene triangle
Headword or pronunciation不等边三角形
regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
Headword or pronunciation不管三七二十一
it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black / as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
Headword or pronunciation不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫
not simple / rather complicated / remarkable / marvelous
Headword or pronunciation不简单
non-stick pan
Headword or pronunciation不粘锅
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