山不转水转山不轉水轉 1.(lit.) if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom)2.(fig.) there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
成不了气候成不了氣候 won't get far; unlikely to be successful
osteogenesis imperfecta (OI); brittle bone disease
手脚不干净手腳不乾淨 1.thieving2.light-fingered3.prone to stealing
持不同政见持不同政見 1.(politically) dissenting2.dissident
救急不救穷救急不救窮 help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
新不列颠岛新不列顛島 New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
it's getting late; time's getting on
书写不能症書寫不能症 agraphia
1.there is a lot to it2.not a straightforward matter
1.having unspeakable bitter suffering2.(often used after 哑巴吃黄连[yǎ ba chī huáng lián])
1.to be tired of living2.(coll.) to be asking for trouble
1.(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so2.won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself
1.nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom)2.courtesy costs nothing
the isoperimetric inequality
给脸不要脸給臉不要臉 (coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwill
does not bear examination
着三不着两著三不著兩 1.scatter-brained2.thoughtless
1.lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go into the same vessel (idiom)2.bad people and good people do not mix
it's always good to have more skills (idiom)
说不出话来說不出話來 speechless
说话不当话說話不當話 1.to fail to keep to one's word2.to break a promise
贫贱不能移貧賤不能移 1.not shaken by poverty2.to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
赶前不赶后趕前不趕後 (saying) better to act early than rush later
(idiom) not well coordinated
开弓不放箭開弓不放箭 1.lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)2.fig. to bluff3.to be all talk and no action4.false bravado+1 条 高处不胜寒高處不勝寒 it's lonely at the top (idiom)
soured by the loss of one's hopes
黄土不露天黃土不露天 a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China
to be getting worse with each generation
1.lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)2.fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us3.(of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
to be getting worse by the day
一发不可收拾一發不可收拾 once it gets started there's no stopping it
不区分大小写不區分大小寫 1.case insensitive2.not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
不得其门而入不得其門而入 to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of career etc)
不成功便成仁 to succeed or die trying (idiom)
不确定性原理不確定性原理 Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
不等边三角形不等邊三角形 scalene triangle
不见一点踪影不見一點蹤影 no trace to be seen
不规则三角形不規則三角形 scalene triangle (math.)
不规则四边形不規則四邊形 1.irregular quadrilateral2.trapezium
不食人间烟火不食人間煙火 otherworldly; detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life
不饱和脂肪酸不飽和脂肪酸 unsaturated fatty acid
1.hardly any better2.just as bad
人不知鬼不觉人不知鬼不覺 in absolute secrecy
人算不如天算 1.man proposes, God disposes (idiom)2.one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events
动不动就生气動不動就生氣 to be quick to take offense; to have a short fuse
勿谓言之不预勿謂言之不預 (idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
may be done once and once only; just this once