Text matches for “不”

to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius) / ready and waiting for action / to go through the motions / to practice / a trial run

lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom) / fig. a local gangster who is above the law

too late for regrets

hard to come by / not easily obtained / hard-won

one's moral standards are not in keeping with one's social status

calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status

to be sleepless all night

heart and mouth at variance (idiom) / keeping one's real intentions to oneself / saying one thing but meaning sth different

to be discontented / to be dissatisfied

arrhythmia

arrhythmia

hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything

the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

to feel ill at ease

out of sorts / gloomy

unquiet state of mind

cannot help laughing / unable to restrain a smile

to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)

hurriedly / in haste

to have more work than one can deal with / to have one's hands full

unswerving in one's loyalty (idiom) / faithful and constant

disappointed and unhappy / dispirited

to disregard (sth seen as negligible) / to neglect (sth seen as insignificant)

to keep doing evil without a sense of repentance (idiom)

unable to wait

incompatibility of temperament

cannot blame / no wonder

uncanny / unbelievable / ridiculous / outrageous

lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations

to have no sense of shame

deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom) / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)

outrageous and unconventional (idiom) / flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc)

to regret one's past deeds (idiom)

unable to control one's grief (idiom) / overwrought / overcome with sorrow / heartbroken

to keep silent

unable to refuse because of affection

a kind act that costs nothing

unable to understand / unable to get over