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看不中kàn bu zhòng

not impressed by

Headword or pronunciation看不中

看不出kàn bu chū

can't discern

Headword or pronunciation看不出

看不懂kàn bu dǒng

unable to make sense of what one is looking at

Headword or pronunciation看不懂

看不清kàn bu qīng

not able to see clearly

Headword or pronunciation看不清

看不见kàn bu jiàn

cannot see / cannot be seen / invisible

Headword or pronunciation看不见

看不过kàn bu guò

cannot stand by idly and watch / unable to put up with it any longer / see 看不過去|看不过去[kàn bu guò qu]

Headword or pronunciation看不过

看不过去kàn bu guò qu

cannot stand by idly and watch / unable to put up with it any longer

Headword or pronunciation看不过去

看着不管kàn zhe bù guǎn

to stand by and pay no heed / to ignore

Headword or pronunciation看着不管

真人不露相zhēn rén bù lòu xiàng

the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation真人不露相

真金不怕火炼zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn

True gold fears no fire. (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation真金不怕火炼

眼不见为净yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng

what remains unseen is deemed to be clean / what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation眼不见为净

眼不见，心不烦yǎn bù jiàn , xīn bù fán

what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation眼不见，心不烦

眼不转睛yǎn bù zhuàn jīng

with fixed attention (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation眼不转睛

眼神不好yǎn shén bù hǎo

to have poor eyesight

Headword or pronunciation眼神不好

眼神不济yǎn shén bù jì

to have poor eyesight

Headword or pronunciation眼神不济

眼里容不得沙子yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi

can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye

Headword or pronunciation眼里容不得沙子

瞒不过mán bù guò

cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb)

Headword or pronunciation瞒不过

矜功不立jīn gōng bù lì

boasts a lot, but nothing comes of it (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation矜功不立

知人知面不知心zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn

one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation知人知面不知心

知其不可而为之zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī

to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation知其不可而为之

知其然而不知其所以然zhī qí rán ér bù zhī qí suǒ yǐ rán

(saying) to know that it is so but not why it is so

Headword or pronunciation知其然而不知其所以然

知己知彼，百战不殆zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])

Headword or pronunciation知己知彼，百战不殆

知彼知己，百战不殆zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

Headword or pronunciation知彼知己，百战不殆

知恩不报zhī ēn bù bào

ungrateful

Headword or pronunciation知恩不报

知无不言，言无不尽zhī wú bù yán , yán wú bù jìn

(lit.) not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / (fig.) frank / outspoken

Headword or pronunciation知无不言，言无不尽

砍头不过风吹帽kǎn tóu bù guò fēng chuī mào

to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation砍头不过风吹帽

破败不堪pò bài bù kān

crushed / utterly defeated

Headword or pronunciation破败不堪

确凿不移què záo bù yí

established and irrefutable (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation确凿不移

磨不开mò bù kāi

to feel embarrassed

Headword or pronunciation磨不开

磨刀不误砍柴工mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng

lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved

Headword or pronunciation磨刀不误砍柴工

秘而不宣mì ér bù xuān

to withhold information / to keep sth secret

Headword or pronunciation秘而不宣

神不守舍shén bù shǒu shè

(idiom) absentminded / dazed / distracted

Headword or pronunciation神不守舍

神不知鬼不觉shén bù zhī guǐ bù jué

top secret / hush-hush

Headword or pronunciation神不知鬼不觉

神志不清shén zhì bù qīng

to be delirious / to be mentally confused