三不
sān bù
Pinyin
Definition
三不
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- the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname San
- 1 (negative prefix)
- 2 not
- 3 no
- 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
- 1 thirty
- 2 30
- 1 Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qú táng Xiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wū Xiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xī líng Xiá]
- 2 Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一倡三叹
- 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
Sample Sentences
有一个三口之家,日子过得非常美满。爸爸妈妈都很爱自己刚满三岁的儿子,而他们的儿子也非常聪明可爱,能说会道。但好景不长,爸爸染上了赌博的恶习,然后又勾搭上了 一个不三不四的女人。结果,这个家里每天都是父母的争吵声和孩子的哭闹声。
There was a family of three. They lived happily together. Mommy and Daddy both loved their son, who had just turned three. And their son was extremely smart, cute, and talkative. But the good times didn't last. Daddy got addicted to gambling, and started carrying on with a questionable woman. So their house was filled every day with the sound of the parents' arguments and the child's tantrums.
他常常说一些不三不四的话。
He often speaks frivolously.
不要交不三不四的朋友。
Do not make bad friends.
他是个不三不四的人。
He is a dubious man.
他这个人不三不四,你小心点。
He is very dubious. Be careful.
正是因为如此,更让这旅行车有种生活感,平时生活里,谁三不五时有空开辆大车,漫山遍野地跑?为了骗你买,只好弄条狗来,搞得好像车子也是玩伴了。
This is the very reason they do it, to bring a sense of the everyday to the vehicle. In everyday life, who has the time to drive off in a big vehicle all the time on leisurely trips to the country? To fool you into buying, they have to put a dog in there, as if the car is a companion on the trip.
不三不四
shady, not straightforward, a bit bad
她是个不三不四的女人。
She's a shady girl.
你不要跟不三不四的人交朋友。
You don't want to be friends with someone shady.
你穿成这样,像个不三不四的人。
Dressed like that, you like a shady character.