not follow the beaten track / have an original style
Headword or pronunciation不落窠臼
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no need / need not
Headword or pronunciation不着
to leave no trace / seamlessly / unobtrusively
Headword or pronunciation不着痕迹
nonstop flight
Headword or pronunciation不着陆飞行
not to be crushed (idiom) / to be determined to have one's revenge
Headword or pronunciation不蒸馒头争口气
unexpected / eventuality / contingency / not worry about
Headword or pronunciation不虞
to have ample supplies (or money etc)
Headword or pronunciation不虞匮乏
(coll.) on the point of death / dying
Headword or pronunciation不行了
unfailing / never weakening / enduring / unstoppable
Headword or pronunciation不衰
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
Headword or pronunciation不要在一棵树上吊死
lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there!
Headword or pronunciation不见不散
to have disappeared / to be missing / nowhere to be found
Headword or pronunciation不见了
you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom) / one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed
Headword or pronunciation不见兔子不撒鹰
all black, no daylight (idiom) / a world without justice
Headword or pronunciation不见天日
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
Headword or pronunciation不见棺材不落泪
not found in the classics (idiom) / unknown / unfounded / not authoritative
Headword or pronunciation不见经传
scalene triangle (math.)
Headword or pronunciation不规则三角形
irregular quadrilateral / trapezium
Headword or pronunciation不规则四边形
not standard / abnormal / irregular
Headword or pronunciation不规范
unromantic / insensitive
Headword or pronunciation不解风情
unobtrusive
Headword or pronunciation不触目
to not say a word (idiom) / to keep silent
Headword or pronunciation不言不语
to disregard / to take no account of
Headword or pronunciation不计
(idiom) to set aside past grievances / to bear no grudge
Headword or pronunciation不计前嫌
secret ballot
Headword or pronunciation不记名投票
should not
Headword or pronunciation不该
goes without saying / obvious / self-evident
Headword or pronunciation不说自明
discord
Headword or pronunciation不调和
to turn up without being invited / unsolicited
Headword or pronunciation不请自来
without concealing anything / to pass away / to die
Headword or pronunciation不讳
unworldly / unsophisticated
Headword or pronunciation不谙世故
to not know how to swim / to not be a strong swimmer
Headword or pronunciation不谙水性
to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view
Headword or pronunciation不谋而合
cannot be deemed / unexpectedly
Headword or pronunciation不谓
you're welcome / don't mention it / not at all
Headword or pronunciation不谢
total illiterate / unable to read the simplest characters
Headword or pronunciation不识一丁
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture
Headword or pronunciation不识大体
unable to tell good from bad (idiom) / undiscriminating
Headword or pronunciation不识好歹
illiterate
Headword or pronunciation不识字
lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
Headword or pronunciation不识庐山真面目
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