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不合时宜
bù hé shí yí
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untimely;
premature;
inopportune;
ill-timed;
out of fashion;
behind the times
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不理
bù lǐ
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to refuse to acknowledge;
to pay no attention to;
to take no notice of;
to ignore
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不经意
bù jīng yì
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not paying attention;
carelessly;
by accident
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犹豫不决
yóu yù bù jué
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hesitancy;
indecision;
to waver
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一动不动
yī dòng bù dòng
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motionless
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不列颠
bù liè diān
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Britain;
British;
Great Britain
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不景气
bù jǐng qì
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slack;
in a slump
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措手不及
cuò shǒu bù jí
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no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
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深信不疑
shēn xìn bù yí
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to believe firmly without any doubt (idiom);
absolute certainty about sth
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不切实际
bù qiè shí jì
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unrealistic;
impractical
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形影不离
xíng yǐng bù lí
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inseparable (as form and shadow)
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不可开交
bù kě kāi jiāo
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to be awfully (busy etc)
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不菲
bù fěi
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considerable (cost etc);
bountiful (crop etc);
high (social status etc)
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漠不关心
mò bù guān xīn
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not the least bit concerned;
completely indifferent
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痛不欲生
tòng bù yù shēng
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to be so in pain as to not want to live;
to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
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求之不得
qiú zhī bù dé
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lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
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一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
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nothing much changes (idiom); always the same;
stuck in a rut
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不觉
bù jué
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unconsciously
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动不动
dòng bu dòng
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(typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc);
at the drop of a hat
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长生不老
cháng shēng bù lǎo
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immortality
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下不为例
xià bù wéi lì
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not to be repeated;
not to be taken as a precedent;
just this once
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下落不明
xià luò bù míng
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unaccounted;
unknown whereabouts
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不可告人
bù kě gào rén
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hidden;
kept secret;
not to be divulged
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不成
bù chéng
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won't do;
unable to;
(at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
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不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
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can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
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