almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad
Headword or pronunciation差不多
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Dictionary lookup matches complete headwords and pronunciations, or words in English definitions. Other matching readings share an entry card. Related words and pinyin completions are available separately. General lexical entries precede names and historical references. Available frequency counts help order comparable matches.
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have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
Headword or pronunciation不得不
not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
Headword or pronunciation不然
need not / does not have to / not necessarily
Headword or pronunciation不必
not to care
Headword or pronunciation不在乎
only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ...
Headword or pronunciation只不过
Headword or pronunciation不幸
not enough / insufficient / inadequate
Headword or pronunciation不够
not to allow / must not / can't
Headword or pronunciation不许
many / quite a few / a good number of
Headword or pronunciation不少
in no way / not in the least / absolutely not
Headword or pronunciation绝不
not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
Headword or pronunciation不知
(idiom) inconceivable / unimaginable / unfathomable
Headword or pronunciation不可思议
incorrect / wrong / amiss / abnormal / queer
Headword or pronunciation不对
not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than
Headword or pronunciation不到
in any case / no matter what
Headword or pronunciation不管怎样
not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing
Headword or pronunciation不见
unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant
Headword or pronunciation不断
not only / not just
Headword or pronunciation不仅仅
cannot / should not / must not
Headword or pronunciation不可
unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand
Headword or pronunciation受不了
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
Headword or pronunciation了不起
not just / not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
Headword or pronunciation不仅
can't say for sure / maybe
Headword or pronunciation说不定
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
Headword or pronunciation不久
incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to
Headword or pronunciation不止
unpeaceful / unstable / uneasy / disturbed / restless / worried
Headword or pronunciation不安
whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
Headword or pronunciation不论
at worst / if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious / alarming
Headword or pronunciation大不了
not at all / simply (can) not
Headword or pronunciation决不
(idiom) to stand out from the crowd / distinctive / different from the rest
Headword or pronunciation与众不同
not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit
Headword or pronunciation不准
improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
Headword or pronunciation不会
(of a turn of events) not too encouraging / far from good / anything but reassuring
Headword or pronunciation不妙
not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to
Headword or pronunciation不如
not need / have no use for
Headword or pronunciation用不着
(coll.) not bad / good / fine
Headword or pronunciation不赖
never
Headword or pronunciation从不
unfavorable / disadvantageous / harmful / detrimental
Headword or pronunciation不利
never / will never
Headword or pronunciation永不
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