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Trad |
Simp |
Mandarin |
Definition |
Days old |
Ver |
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不兒 |
不儿 |
[bu2 r5] |
/(coll.) no (contracted form of 不是[bu4 shi4])/ |
1962
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1 |
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不是 |
不是 |
[bu4 shi4] |
/no/is not/not/ |
6912
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1 |
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不是吃素的 |
不是吃素的 |
[bu4 shi4 chi1 su4 de5] |
/not to be trifled with/to be reckoned with/ |
4157
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1 |
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不是東西 |
不是东西 |
[bu4 shi4 dong1 xi5] |
/(derog.) to be a good-for-nothing/worthless nobody/no-good/ |
4762
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1 |
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不是話 |
不是话 |
[bu4 shi4 hua4] |
/see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4]/ |
4430
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1 |
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不是嗎 |
不是吗 |
[bu4 shi4 ma5] |
/isn't that so?/ |
7109
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1 |
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不是味兒 |
不是味儿 |
[bu4 shi4 wei4 r5] |
/not the right flavor/not quite right/a bit off/fishy/queer/amiss/feel bad/be upset/ |
6312
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1 |
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不是一家人不進一家門 |
不是一家人不进一家门 |
[bu4 shi4 yi1 jia1 ren2 bu4 jin4 yi1 jia1 men2] |
/people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)/marriages are predestined/people marry because they share common traits/ |
4158
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1 |
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不是魚死就是網破 |
不是鱼死就是网破 |
[bu4 shi4 yu2 si3 jiu4 shi4 wang3 po4] |
/lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)/fig. it's a life-and-death struggle/it's either him or me/ |
2295
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1 |
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不是冤家不聚頭 |
不是冤家不聚头 |
[bu4 shi4 yuan1 jia1 bu4 ju4 tou2] |
/destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)/(often said about lovers who have a disagreement)/ |
4122
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1 |
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不是滋味 |
不是滋味 |
[bu4 shi4 zi1 wei4] |
/to be upset/to feel disgusted/ |
4658
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1 |
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不是 |
不是 |
[[bu4shi5]] |
/fault; blame/ |
847
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2 |
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曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲 |
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 |
[ceng2 jing1 cang1 hai3 nan2 wei2 shui3 , chu2 que4 Wu1 Shan1 bu4 shi4 yun2] |
/there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)/one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things/ |
4543
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1 |
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可不 |
可不 |
[[ke3bu5]] |
/see 可不是[ke3bu5shi4]/ |
353
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2 |
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可不是 |
可不是 |
[[ke3bu5shi4]] |
/(coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure/ |
353
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2 |
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碼 |
码 |
[[ma3]] |
/(archaic) agate/(bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale/number/(computing) code/(clothing) size/yard (unit of length)/(coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references)/(coll.) to pile up; to stack/classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事[bu4 shi4 yi1 ma3 shi4] "not the same thing")/(Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)/ |
387
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2 |
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莫不是 |
莫不是 |
[mo4 bu4 shi4] |
/probably/perhaps/could it be that...?/ |
6824
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1 |
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賠不是 |
赔不是 |
[pei2 bu2 shi5] |
/to apologize/ |
4796
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1 |
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錢不是萬能的，沒錢是萬萬不能的 |
钱不是万能的，没钱是万万不能的 |
[qian2 bu4 shi4 wan4 neng2 de5 , mei2 qian2 shi4 wan4 wan4 bu4 neng2 de5] |
/money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)/ |
2811
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1 |
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省油的燈 |
省油的灯 |
[[sheng3 you2 de5 deng1]] |
/sb who is easy to deal with (usu. in the negative, e.g. after 不是[bu4 shi4])/ |
237
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2 |
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是不是 |
是不是 |
[[shi4 bu5 shi4]] |
/is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)/ |
203
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2 |
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要不是 |
要不是 |
[yao4 bu5 shi4] |
/if it were not for/but for/ |
7109
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1 |
