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拗不过niù bu guò

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

Headword or pronunciation拗不过

拾金不昧shí jīn bù mèi

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

Headword or pronunciation拾金不昧

拿不准ná bù zhǔn

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

Headword or pronunciation拿不准

拿不出手ná bù chū shǒu

not presentable / shoddy and too embarrassing to show

Headword or pronunciation拿不出手

拿不动ná bu dòng

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

Headword or pronunciation拿不动

持不同政见chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn

(politically) dissenting / dissident

Headword or pronunciation持不同政见

持不同政见者chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn zhě

(political) dissident

Headword or pronunciation持不同政见者

按捺不住àn nà bu zhù

to be unable to hold back

Headword or pronunciation按捺不住

挨不上āi bù shàng

to be irrelevant / to be superfluous

Headword or pronunciation挨不上

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

Headword or pronunciation舍不得孩子套不住狼

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)

Headword or pronunciation授之以鱼不如授之以渔

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

Headword or pronunciation授人以鱼不如授人以渔

接触不良jiē chù bù liáng

loose or defective contact (elec.)

Headword or pronunciation接触不良

接连不断jiē lián bù duàn

(idiom) in unbroken succession / continuous

Headword or pronunciation接连不断

插不上手chā bu shàng shǒu

to be unable to intervene

Headword or pronunciation插不上手

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

Headword or pronunciation换汤不换药

揭不开锅jiē bù kāi guō

to be unable to afford food

Headword or pronunciation揭不开锅

挥之不去huī zhī bù qù

impossible to get rid of

Headword or pronunciation挥之不去

损人不利己sǔn rén bù lì jǐ

to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation损人不利己

搞不好gǎo bu hǎo

(coll.) maybe / perhaps

Headword or pronunciation搞不好

搞不懂gǎo bu dǒng

unable to make sense of (sth)

Headword or pronunciation搞不懂

摸不着mō bu zháo

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

Headword or pronunciation摸不着

摸不着边mō bu zháo biān

can't make head or tail of

Headword or pronunciation摸不着边

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

Headword or pronunciation摸不着头脑

择不开zhái bu kāi

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

Headword or pronunciation择不开

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

Headword or pronunciation择日不如撞日

拟于不伦nǐ yú bù lún

to draw an impossible comparison

Headword or pronunciation拟于不伦

支付不起zhī fù bù qǐ

to be unable to pay / unaffordable

Headword or pronunciation支付不起

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

Headword or pronunciation攻无不克，战无不胜

放不下fàng bu xià

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

Headword or pronunciation放不下

放不下心fàng bu xià xīn

cannot stop worrying

Headword or pronunciation放不下心

放浪不羁fàng làng bù jī

wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute

Headword or pronunciation放浪不羁

放诞不拘fàng dàn bù jū

wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute

Headword or pronunciation放诞不拘

放诞不羁fàng dàn bù jī

wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute

Headword or pronunciation放诞不羁

故旧不弃gù jiù bù qì

do not neglect old friends

Headword or pronunciation故旧不弃

救急不救穷jiù jí bù jiù qióng

help the starving but not the poor (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation救急不救穷

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

Headword or pronunciation敢怒而不敢言

敬谢不敏jìng xiè bù mǐn

please excuse me for not complying / to politely decline

Headword or pronunciation敬谢不敏

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

Headword or pronunciation敬酒不吃吃罚酒

数不上shǔ bù shàng

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

Headword or pronunciation数不上

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