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翻脸不认人fān liǎn bù rèn rén

to fall out with sb and become hostile

Headword or pronunciation翻脸不认人

老不死lǎo bù sǐ

(derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard

Headword or pronunciation老不死

老天爷饿不死瞎家雀lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què

lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom) / fig. don't give up hope / if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel

Headword or pronunciation老天爷饿不死瞎家雀

耳闻不如目见ěr wén bù rú mù jiàn

seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others

Headword or pronunciation耳闻不如目见

闻名不如见面wén míng bù rú jiàn miàn

knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation闻名不如见面

听不到tīng bu dào

can't hear

Headword or pronunciation听不到

听不懂tīng bu dǒng

unable to make sense of what one is hearing

Headword or pronunciation听不懂

听不见tīng bu jiàn

not be able to hear

Headword or pronunciation听不见

听不进去tīng bù jìn qu

not to listen / to be deaf to

Headword or pronunciation听不进去

听而不闻tīng ér bù wén

to hear but not react (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately

Headword or pronunciation听而不闻

肥水不流外人田féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián

lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)

Headword or pronunciation肥水不流外人田

胳膊拧不过大腿gē bo nǐng bu guò dà tuǐ

(idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong

Headword or pronunciation胳膊拧不过大腿

脱不了身tuō bù liǎo shēn

busy and unable to get away

Headword or pronunciation脱不了身

脚不沾地jiǎo bù zhān dì

feet not touching the ground (idiom) / to run like the wind

Headword or pronunciation脚不沾地

脚正不怕鞋歪jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi

lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation脚正不怕鞋歪

卧不安wò bù ān

restless insomnia

Headword or pronunciation卧不安

临死不怯lín sǐ bù qiè

equanimity in the face of death / to face dangers with assurance

Headword or pronunciation临死不怯

临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng

better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim

Headword or pronunciation临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

自不待言zì bù dài yán

needless to say / it goes without saying

Headword or pronunciation自不待言

自不必说zì bù bì shuō

(idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying

Headword or pronunciation自不必说

自叹不如zì tàn bù rú

to consider oneself as being not as good as the others

Headword or pronunciation自叹不如

自强不息zì qiáng bù xī

to strive unremittingly / self-improvement

Headword or pronunciation自强不息

自愧不如zì kuì bù rú

ashamed of being inferior (idiom) / to feel inferior to others

Headword or pronunciation自愧不如

自顾不暇zì gù bù xiá

(idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs / too busy to spare time for anything extra

Headword or pronunciation自顾不暇

臭不可闻chòu bù kě wén

(idiom) to stink to high heaven / (fig.) (idiom) disgraceful / disgusting

Headword or pronunciation臭不可闻

举不胜举jǔ bù shèng jǔ

too numerous to list (idiom) / innumerable

Headword or pronunciation举不胜举

旧的不去，新的不来jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái

lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. / You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.

Headword or pronunciation旧的不去，新的不来

良莠不齐liáng yǒu bù qí

good and bad people intermingled

Headword or pronunciation良莠不齐

花不棱登huā bu lēng dēng

gaudy / having too many jumbled colors

Headword or pronunciation花不棱登

若要人不知，除非己莫为ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi

If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

Headword or pronunciation若要人不知，除非己莫为

苦不唧kǔ bu jī

slightly bitter

Headword or pronunciation苦不唧

苦不堪言kǔ bù kān yán

to suffer unspeakable misery / indescribably painful / hellish

Headword or pronunciation苦不堪言

茶饭不思chá fàn bù sī

no thought for tea or rice (idiom) / melancholic and suffering / to have no appetite

Headword or pronunciation茶饭不思

荒怪不经huāng guài bù jīng

absurd / unthinkable

Headword or pronunciation荒怪不经

荒诞不经huāng dàn bù jīng

absurd / preposterous / ridiculous

Headword or pronunciation荒诞不经

莫不mò bù

none doesn't / there is none who isn't / everyone

Headword or pronunciation莫不

莫不是mò bù shì

probably / perhaps / could it be that...?

Headword or pronunciation莫不是

莫不然mò bù rán

equally true for (all the rest) / the same thing applies (for everyone)

Headword or pronunciation莫不然

莫不逾侈mò bù yú chǐ

there is no-one who is not extravagant

Headword or pronunciation莫不逾侈

萎靡不振wěi mǐ bù zhèn

dispirited and listless (idiom) / downcast

Headword or pronunciation萎靡不振

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