hardly / not in the least / not at all
Headword or pronunciation毫不
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hardly / not in the least / not at all
Headword or pronunciation毫不
is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
Headword or pronunciation是不是
otherwise / or else / or
Headword or pronunciation要不然
not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth)
Headword or pronunciation不惜
why not? / why not do (sth)?
Headword or pronunciation何不
cannot help / unable to bear
Headword or pronunciation忍不住
insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
Headword or pronunciation不足
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late
Headword or pronunciation来不及
not clear / unknown / to fail to understand
Headword or pronunciation不明
no / is not / not2 matching entries
Headword or pronunciation不是
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but
Headword or pronunciation不要紧
(idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay
Headword or pronunciation迫不及待
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
Headword or pronunciation不得
unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that
Headword or pronunciation想不到
otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...)
Headword or pronunciation要不
not the only one / not only
Headword or pronunciation不光
fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though
Headword or pronunciation不怕
won't work / will get (you) nowhere
Headword or pronunciation行不通
no wonder! / so that's why!
Headword or pronunciation怪不得
bad / harmful / unhealthy / (of a device, connection, material etc) defective / faulty
Headword or pronunciation不良
not only (... but also ...)
Headword or pronunciation不但
dissatisfied / discontented / resentful / (before a number) to be less than
Headword or pronunciation不满
from time to time
Headword or pronunciation时不时
unlikely to go so far as to / not as bad as
Headword or pronunciation不至于
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
Headword or pronunciation不得了
(used after a verb) endlessly / incessantly
Headword or pronunciation不已
to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through
Headword or pronunciation过不去
not very (clear, far away etc) / not too / not often / infrequently
Headword or pronunciation不大
with great difficulty / very difficult
Headword or pronunciation好不容易
not very / not particularly
Headword or pronunciation不怎么
to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical
Headword or pronunciation不通
never
Headword or pronunciation从来不
not proper / inappropriate
Headword or pronunciation不妥
in spite of / regardless of
Headword or pronunciation不顾
to be everywhere
Headword or pronunciation无处不在
not knowing what to do (idiom) / at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
Headword or pronunciation不知所措
by fair means or foul / by hook or by crook / unscrupulously
Headword or pronunciation不择手段
can't compare with
Headword or pronunciation比不上
unexpected / previously unimagined
Headword or pronunciation意想不到
(idiom) inevitable / unavoidable
Headword or pronunciation不可避免