不三不四
bù sān bù sì
Pinyin

Definition

不三不四
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bù sān bù sì
  1. dubious
  2. shady
  3. neither one thing nor the other
  4. neither fish nor fowl
  5. nondescript

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
三峡
Sān xiá
  1. 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. 2 Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 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。
yǒu yī ge sān kǒu zhī jiā ，rìzi guò de fēicháng měimǎn 。bàba māma dōu hěn ài zìjǐ gāng mǎn sānsuì de érzi ，ér tāmen de érzi yě fēicháng cōngming kěài ，néngshuōhuìdào 。dàn hǎojǐngbùcháng ，bàba rǎn shàng le dǔbó de èxí ，ránhòu yòu gōuda shàng le yī ge bùsānbùsì de nǚrén 。jiéguǒ ，zhè ge jiāli měitiān dōu shì fùmǔ de zhēngchǎoshēng hé háizi de kūnào shēng 。
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.
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他常常说一些不三不四的话。
tā chángcháng shuō yīxiē bùsānbùsì de huà 。
He often speaks frivolously.
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不要交不三不四的朋友。
bùyào jiāo bùsānbùsì de péngyou 。
Do not make bad friends.
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他是个不三不四的人。
tā shì ge bùsānbùsì de rén 。
He is a dubious man.
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他这个人不三不四，你小心点。
tā zhè ge rén bùsānbùsì ，nǐ xiǎoxīn diǎn 。
He is very dubious. Be careful.
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不三不四
bùsānbùsì
shady, not straightforward, a bit bad
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她是个不三不四的女人。
tā shì gè bùsānbùsì de nǚrén 。
She's a shady girl.
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你不要跟不三不四的人交朋友。
nǐ bù yào gēn bùsānbùsì de rén jiāo péngyou 。
You don't want to be friends with someone shady.
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你穿成这样，像个不三不四的人。
nǐ chuān chéng zhèyàng ，xiàng gè bùsānbùsì de rén 。
Dressed like that, you like a shady character.
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他把头发染成五颜六色的，一看就是个不三不四的人。
tā bǎ tóufa rǎn chéng wǔyánliùsè de ，yī kàn jiù shì gè bùsānbùsì de rén 。
His hair is dyed all kinds of different colors. He looks like a bad guy.
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