Text matches for “不”

lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster / the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)

lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued

deep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura")

born at the wrong time (idiom) / unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time

while there is life, the fight continues (idiom) / to fight to the last

to not use all of / to use less than

cannot help / to be beyond control of

women love bad guys

real men do not easily cry (idiom)

men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)

to shrink back in fear (idiom) / too cowardly to advance

While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it

to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others

if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

(idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed

(idiom) outsiders should not come between close relatives

loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ]) / the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)

to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought

to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ]) / to win every fight

to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable

seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom) / seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing

worth hearing a hundred times

to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)

a centipede dies but never falls down / old institutions die hard

lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom) / fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved

lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom) / fig. highly sought after

to put on a fake smile (idiom) / to smile insincerely

lit. the eyelashes do not come together (idiom) / fig. to not sleep a wink

(lit.) the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom) / (fig.) pitiful to behold

not to glance sideways (idiom) / to gaze fixedly / to be fully concentrated / to preserve a correct attitude

lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom) / a feast for the eyes

lit. the eye cannot take it all in (idiom) / fig. too many good things to see / a feast for the eyes

lit. not even peek at the garden / fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom)

lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom) / fig. unable to see one's own faults / to lack self-awareness / truths too close to home

lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom) / totally illiterate

gazing fixedly (idiom)

not much difference

at a stalemate / deadlocked / in unrelenting mutual opposition