Text matches for “不”

cannot allow (to be present) / cannot admit

arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing

He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom). / Be careful not to trust foreigners. / Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!

not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind

unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background

reluctant to part (idiom) / broken-hearted at having to leave

intolerably vulgar

cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well

more likely than not / quite possible / on the cards

more likely than not / quite possible / on the cards

biased / prejudiced (idiom)

impossible

lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn

have sth ready just in case / keep sth for possible future use

(lit.) when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom) / (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)

(slang) it's just the pits! / so unfair! / unbearable

stupid / dazed

to suffer from a congenital deficiency / to have an inherent weakness

to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time

lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom) / fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power

(idiom) to be all talk and no action / to preach what one does not practice

all talk and no action (idiom) / to preach what one does not practice / same as 光說不做|光说不做[guāng shuō bù zuò]

unavoidable / bound to (happen)

a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)

(lit.) a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) / (fig.) even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood

rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long

to be even / to be quits / to be even-steven

to neglect neither one

when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)

to pay no attention to outside matters

(coll.) unrelated / lacking any connection

not recognizing one's family (idiom) / self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives

(math.) conjugate surd

(idiom) deception is justified in war

lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom) / fig. an effortless victory

boundless joy

(idiom) nothing special to look at / unprepossessing

otherwise / alternatively / or else

couldn't be better / ideal / wonderful

aplastic anemia