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并行不悖bìng xíng bù bèi

to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict

Headword or pronunciation并行不悖

中看不中用zhōng kàn bù zhōng yòng

impressive-looking but useless

Headword or pronunciation中看不中用

久假不归jiǔ jiǎ bù guī

to fail to return a borrowed item

Headword or pronunciation久假不归

久攻不下jiǔ gōng bù xià

to attack for a long time without success

Headword or pronunciation久攻不下

乘人不备chéng rén bù bèi

to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom) / to take sb by surprise

Headword or pronunciation乘人不备

也好不了多少yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo

hardly any better / just as bad

Headword or pronunciation也好不了多少

也好不到哪里去yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù

just as bad / not much better

Headword or pronunciation也好不到哪里去

乳糖不耐症rǔ táng bù nài zhèng

lactose intolerance

Headword or pronunciation乳糖不耐症

干打雷，不下雨gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ

all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action

Headword or pronunciation干打雷，不下雨

事不宜迟shì bù yí chí

the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose

Headword or pronunciation事不宜迟

事不关己，高高挂起shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ

to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation事不关己，高高挂起

互不侵犯hù bù qīn fàn

non-aggression

Headword or pronunciation互不侵犯

互不相让hù bù xiāng ràng

neither giving way to the other

Headword or pronunciation互不相让

五音不全wǔ yīn bù quán

tone deaf / unable to sing in tune

Headword or pronunciation五音不全

井水不犯河水jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ

(saying) everyone minds their own business

Headword or pronunciation井水不犯河水

亘古不变gèn gǔ bù biàn

unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous

Headword or pronunciation亘古不变

亹亹不倦wěi wěi bù juàn

on and on / relentlessly

Headword or pronunciation亹亹不倦

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

you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

人不为己，天诛地灭rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè

Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Headword or pronunciation人不为己，天诛地灭

人不知鬼不觉rén bù zhī guǐ bù jué

in absolute secrecy

Headword or pronunciation人不知鬼不觉

人事不知rén shì bù zhī

to have lost consciousness

Headword or pronunciation人事不知

人在江湖，身不由己rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ

(proverb) you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world

Headword or pronunciation人在江湖，身不由己

人心不古rén xīn bù gǔ

(idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times

Headword or pronunciation人心不古

人心不足蛇吞象rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng

a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation人心不足蛇吞象

人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi

(saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed

Headword or pronunciation人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥

人生何处不相逢rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng

it's a small world (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation人生何处不相逢

人生地不熟rén shēng dì bù shú

to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom) / in an unfamiliar place without friends or family

Headword or pronunciation人生地不熟

人生路不熟rén shēng lù bù shú

everything is unfamiliar

Headword or pronunciation人生路不熟

人穷志不穷rén qióng zhì bù qióng

(idiom) poor but with great ambitions / poor but principled

Headword or pronunciation人穷志不穷

人算不如天算rén suàn bù rú tiān suàn

man proposes, God disposes (idiom) / one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events

Headword or pronunciation人算不如天算

人艰不拆rén jiān bù chāi

life is hard enough as it is / don't burst my bubble (Internet slang)

Headword or pronunciation人艰不拆

今不如昔jīn bù rú xī

things are not as good as they used to be

Headword or pronunciation今不如昔

令人不快lìng rén bù kuài

unpleasant / objectionable

Headword or pronunciation令人不快

以不变应万变yǐ bù biàn yìng wàn biàn

(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle

Headword or pronunciation以不变应万变

以备不测yǐ bèi bù cè

to be prepared for accidents

Headword or pronunciation以备不测

伸手不见五指shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ

pitch-dark (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation伸手不见五指

何不食肉糜hé bù shí ròu mí

(lit.) "Why don't they eat meat porridge?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jìn Huì dì] when told that his people lacked rice) (saying) / (fig.) to be oblivious to the suffering of ordinary people

Headword or pronunciation何不食肉糜

何乐不为hé lè bù wéi

(idiom) what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)

Headword or pronunciation何乐不为

作者不详zuò zhě bù xiáng

author unknown

Headword or pronunciation作者不详

使不得shǐ bu de

cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable

Headword or pronunciation使不得

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