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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.

舍不得孩子套不住狼shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng

one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things

授之以鱼不如授之以渔shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day / teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)

授人以鱼不如授人以渔shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day / teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime / knowledge is the best charity

接触不良jiē chù bù liáng

loose or defective contact (elec.)

接连不断jiē lián bù duàn

(idiom) in unbroken succession / continuous

插不上手chā bu shàng shǒu

to be unable to intervene

换汤不换药huàn tāng bù huàn yào

different broth but the same old medicine (idiom) / a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance

揭不开锅jiē bù kāi guō

to be unable to afford food

挥之不去huī zhī bù qù

impossible to get rid of

损人不利己sǔn rén bù lì jǐ

to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)

搞不好gǎo bu hǎo

(coll.) maybe / perhaps

搞不懂gǎo bu dǒng

unable to make sense of (sth)

摸不着mō bu zháo

can't touch / can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of

摸不着边mō bu zháo biān

can't make head or tail of

摸不着头脑mō bu zháo tóu nǎo

to be unable to make any sense of the matter / to be at a loss

择不开zhái bu kāi

impossible to separate / impossible to disentangle / cannot take time out

择日不如撞日zé rì bù rú zhuàng rì

lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion

拟于不伦nǐ yú bù lún

to draw an impossible comparison

支付不起zhī fù bù qǐ

to be unable to pay / unaffordable

攻其不备gōng qí bù bèi

see 出其不意，攻其不備|出其不意，攻其不备[chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi]

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

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

放不下fàng bu xià

to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go

放不下心fàng bu xià xīn

cannot stop worrying

放浪不羁fàng làng bù jī

wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute

放诞不拘fàng dàn bù jū

wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute

放诞不羁fàng dàn bù jī

wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute

故旧不弃gù jiù bù qì

do not neglect old friends

救急不救穷jiù jí bù jiù qióng

help the starving but not the poor (idiom)

敢怒而不敢言gǎn nù ér bù gǎn yán

angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom) / obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections

敬谢不敏jìng xiè bù mǐn

please excuse me for not complying / to politely decline

敬酒不吃吃罚酒jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ

lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure

数不上shǔ bù shàng

not to deserve to be mentioned / not to qualify / below par

数不清shǔ bu qīng

countless / innumerable

数不过来shǔ bù guò lái

can't manage to count / too many to count

数见不鲜shuò jiàn bù xiān

a common occurrence (idiom)

文不加点wén bù jiā diǎn

to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom) / to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions

文不对题wén bù duì tí

irrelevant / beside the point