Text matches for “不”

to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom) / irrelevant

to drift without a resting place (idiom) / roving / errant / vagrant / erratic

lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food

lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken

lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)

see 食之無味，棄之可惜|食之无味，弃之可惜[shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī]

to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject

when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

an unending stream of pilgrims

lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it / fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提[tí])

to exclaim in astonishment

(lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying) / (fig.) wide of the mark / irrelevant / incongruous

too high to reach (idiom) / eminent and unapproachable

can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)

it's lonely at the top (idiom)

soured by the loss of one's hopes

discontented (idiom)

to be preoccupied (idiom) / to be inattentive / to be frightened out of one's mind

lit. body and soul separated (idiom) / fig. scared out of one's wits / beside oneself

lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it

(lit.) (a place where) birds don't defecate / (fig.) (of a place) remote and desolate

(lit.) (a place where) birds don't lay eggs / (fig.) (of a place) remote and desolate

to cry out against injustice / to protest unfairness

yellowish / dirty yellow

a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China

dark and swarthy

can't tell black from white (idiom) / unable to distinguish wrong from right

to keep silent

not one drop of water leaks (idiom) / fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous / watertight

Britain / British / Great Britain

Great Britain

Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy / Naples

Bhutan

(literary) isn't it truly …? / how … it is!

Bremen (city in Germany)