zhǐ bu guò
only
merely
nothing but
no more than
rěn bu zhù
cannot help
unable to bear
chà bu duō
almost
nearly
more or less
about the same
good enough
not bad
bù
variant of 布[bù]
to announce
to spread
duì bu qǐ
unworthy
to let down
I'm sorry
excuse me
pardon me
if you please
sorry? (please repeat)
liǎo bu qǐ
amazing
terrific
extraordinary
xiǎng bu dào
unexpected
hard to imagine
it had not occurred to me
who could have thought that
shuō bu shàng
to be unable to say or tell
to not be worth mentioning
chī bu xiāo
to be unable to tolerate or endure
to find sth difficult to manage
jīn bu zhù
can't help it
can't bear it
dòng bu dòng
apt to happen (usually of sth undesirable)
frequently
happening easily (e.g. accident or illness)
hèn bu dé
wishing one could do sth
to hate to be unable
itching to do sth
can't wait for
to wish one could do sth
to desire strongly
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]
guài bu de
no wonder!
so that's why!
jiàn bu dé
not fit to be seen by
should not be exposed to
can't bear to see
lái bu jí
there's not enough time (to do sth)
it's too late (to do sth)
shǎo bu liǎo
cannot do without
to be unavoidable
are bound to be many
kàn bu qǐ
to look down upon
to despise
shě bu de
to hate to do sth
to hate to part with
to begrudge
guò bu qù
to make life difficult for
to embarrass
unable to make it through
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
xiǎo bu diǎn
tiny
very small
tiny thing
small child
baby
Lǚ Bù
Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
bù bù
step by step
at every step
chuǎn bu guò
to be unable to breathe easily
lí bu kāi
inseparable
inevitably linked to
xíng bu tōng
won't work
will get (you) nowhere
kàn bu chū
can't see
can't make out
unable to tell
kàn bu guàn
cannot bear to see
to hate
to dislike
to disapprove
mō bu zháo
unable to clearly understand (a situation etc)
mǎi bu qǐ
cannot afford
can't afford buying
tán bu shàng
to be out of the question
gù bu shàng
cannot attend to or manage
jīng bu qǐ
can't stand it
to be unable to bear
to be unable to resist
gù bu de
unable to change sth
unable to deal with
cāi bu tòu
to be unable to guess or make out
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