Text matches for “不”

(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself

Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom)

neither for nor against sth / indifferent

all businessmen are evil (idiom)

lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom) / to latch on to every opportunity

curious coincidence

(idiom) to be successful in every endeavor

without proof one can't believe it (idiom)

(idiom) not excluding anything / all-encompassing

not stopping at anything / all manner of evil

committing all manner of crimes / completely unscrupulous

omniscient

to reach everywhere / to stop at nothing / to do one's utmost

to talk about everything

to sell anything / to sell everything

no poison, no great man (idiom) / A great man has to be ruthless.

(of close friends etc) to tell each other everything

not to hold anything back (idiom) / (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything

lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire

abstaining from liquor and tobacco

to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc)

malnutrition / undernourishment / deficiency disease / dystrophy

useless (idiom) / worthless / inept

to quarrel endlessly

lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb

(idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink

unclear / ambiguous / having an unclear relationship with

a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness

lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel

(idiom) (of writing, speech etc) incoherent / nonsensical

lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change

battered and exhausted / stuck in a dilemma

suddenly / unexpectedly / taken by surprise / at unawares

to be unable to guess or make out

to be caught off guard / without warning

a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own

cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis) / cowherb seeds (used in TCM)

can't afford to play / (fig.) can't accept it when one loses

can't handle it / can't find any way (of doing sth) / not up to the task

out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony