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Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

惨遭不幸cǎn zāo bù xìng

to meet with disaster / to die tragically

憋不住biē bu zhù

to be unable to repress sth / to be unable to contain oneself

愤愤不平fèn fèn bù píng

to feel indignant / to feel aggrieved

应接不暇yìng jiē bù xiá

more than one can attend to (idiom) / deluged (with inquiries etc) / overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery)

怀才不遇huái cái bù yù

to have talent but no opportunity (idiom) / to be an unrecognized talent

恋恋不舍liàn liàn bù shě

reluctant to part

成不了气候chéng bu liǎo qì hòu

won't get far / unlikely to be successful

成事不足，败事有余chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú

unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar

成骨不全症chéng gǔ bù quán zhèng

osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) / brittle bone disease

战无不胜，攻无不克zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù kè

to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom) / all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do

战无不胜，攻无不取zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù qǔ

to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom) / all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do

戳不住chuō bu zhù

not up to it / cannot stand the test

户枢不蠹hù shū bù dù

lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom)

手不释卷shǒu bù shì juàn

lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking

手脚不干净shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìng

thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing

才不cái bù

by no means / definitely not / as if! / yeah right!

打不通dǎ bu tōng

cannot get through (on phone)

打不过dǎ bu guò

to be unable to defeat / to be no match for (sb)

打蛇不死，反受其害dǎ shé bù sǐ , fǎn shòu qí hài

(proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you

扶不起的阿斗fú bù qǐ de Ā dǒu

weak and inept person / hopeless case

找不到zhǎo bu dào

can't find

找不自在zhǎo bù zì zai

to ask for trouble / to bring misfortune on oneself

找不着zhǎo bu zháo

to be unable to find

找不着北zhǎo bu zháo běi

to be confused and disoriented

把持不定bǎ chí bù dìng

indecisive (idiom)

抑郁不平yì yù bù píng

in a state of depression (idiom)

抬头不见低头见tái tóu bù jiàn dī tóu jiàn

(idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly

抱不平bào bù píng

to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)

抹不下脸mǒ bù xià liǎn

to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)

拉不出屎来怨茅房lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng

lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom) / fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings

拒不接受jù bù jiē shòu

refusing to accept

拗不过niù bu guò

can't persuade / unable to make (sb) change their mind / unable to resist (sb)

拾金不昧shí jīn bù mèi

to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner

拿不准ná bù zhǔn

in doubt / unsure of sth / unable to decide / indecisive

拿不出手ná bù chū shǒu

not presentable / shoddy and too embarrassing to show

拿不动ná bu dòng

to be unable to lift (sth) / to find (sth) too heavy