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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

痛不欲生tòng bù yù shēng

to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead

求之不得qiú zhī bù dé

lit. seek but fail to get (idiom) / fig. exactly what one’s been looking for

一成不变yī chéng bù biàn

(idiom) immutable / impervious to change / set in stone

动不动dòng bu dòng

(typically followed by 就[jiù]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat

长生不老cháng shēng bù lǎo

(idiom) to live forever and never grow old

下不为例xià bù wéi lì

not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once

下落不明xià luò bù míng

unaccounted / unknown whereabouts

合不来hé bù lái

(of people) to be incompatible / to not get along / to be unable to see eye to eye

昏迷不醒hūn mí bù xǐng

to remain unconscious

念念不忘niàn niàn bù wàng

to keep in mind constantly (idiom)

迫不得已pò bù dé yǐ

to have no alternative (idiom) / compelled by circumstances / forced into sth

一言不发yī yán bù fā

to not say a word (idiom)

出其不意chū qí bù yì

to do sth when least expected (idiom) / to catch sb off guard

滔滔不绝tāo tāo bù jué

(idiom) to produce a torrent of words / to talk on and on

信不过xìn bù guò

to distrust / to be suspicious

惨不忍睹cǎn bù rěn dǔ

lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom) / fig. miserable / horrendous / atrocious

前不久qián bù jiǔ

not long ago / not long before

买不起mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford / can't afford buying

靠不住kào bu zhù

unreliable

禁不住jīn bu zhù

can't help it / can't bear it

过意不去guò yì bù qù

to feel very apologetic

再不zài bù

or else / alternatively

一不小心yī bù xiǎo xīn

to be a little bit careless / to have a moment of inattentiveness / accidentally

一去不复返yī qù bù fù fǎn

gone forever

战无不胜zhàn wú bù shèng

(idiom) all-conquering / invincible

摇摆不定yáo bǎi bù dìng

indecisive / wavering

格格不入gé gé bù rù

(idiom) inharmonious / incompatible

看不惯kàn bu guàn

cannot bear to see / to hate / to dislike / to disapprove

坐立不安zuò lì bù ān

lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom) / restless / fidgety

妙不可言miào bù kě yán

too wonderful for words

毫不留情háo bù liú qíng

to show no quarter / ruthless / relentless

华而不实huá ér bù shí

flower but no fruit (idiom) / handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy

忘不了wàng bu liǎo

cannot forget

身不由己shēn bù yóu jǐ

(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control / unable to do anything about it / (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)

坚持不懈jiān chí bù xiè

(idiom) to persevere unremittingly / to keep going until the end

心神不宁xīn shén bù níng

to feel ill at ease

自命不凡zì mìng bù fán

to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant

刀枪不入dāo qiāng bù rù

lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism

看不起kàn bu qǐ

to look down upon / to despise

疲惫不堪pí bèi bù kān

exhausted / fatigued to the extreme

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