bù
ministry
department
section
part
division
troops
board
classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
bù
a book
a register
account-book
bù
cloth
to declare
to announce
to spread
to make known
bù
a step
a pace
walk
march
stages in a process
situation
bǔ
to repair
to patch
to mend
to make up for
to fill (a vacancy)
to supplement
bù
terror
terrified
afraid
frightened
bù
variant of 布[bù]
to announce
to spread
bù
Japanese variant of 步[bu4]
bǔ
to divine
to forecast or estimate
(of a place to live etc) to choose
Diāo Chán
Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
bǔ
to catch
to seize
to capture
bǔ
see 卟啉, porphyrin
see 卟吩, porphin
bù
wharf
dock
jetty
trading center
port
place name
Dǒng Zhuó
Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
Lǚ Bù
Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
bū
to flee
to abscond
to owe
Lǚ shì chūn qiū
lit “Mr Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought諸子百家|诸子百家 [Zhū zǐ Bǎi Jiā], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín Dài] Chancellor Lü Buwei.呂不韋|吕不韦[Lǚ Bù wéi]
Zá Jiā
Miscellaneous School of Thought of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocate was Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu Bù wéi]
bù ān fen
discontented with life
also written 不安分[bù ān fen]
shù jiàn bù xiān
see 數見不鮮|数见不鲜[shùo jiàn bù xiān]
kǒng bù piàn r
erhua variant of 恐怖片, horror movie
CL:部[bù]
měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang
However excellent, everyone has his defects.
There is always a fly in the ointment.
cf idiom 美中不足[měi zhōng bù zú], everything is fine except for one small defect
bù
variant of 不
(negative prefix)
not
no
bù
a kind of vase (old)
see 安瓿[an1 bu4]
bù
variant of 布[bu4]
to announce
to spread
Lín Bū
Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet
Lǚ Bù
Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
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