不争气 (不爭氣)
bù zhēng qì
Pinyin

Definition

不争气 (不爭氣)
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bù zhēng qì
  1. to be disappointing
  2. to fail to live up to expectations

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than

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
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

得了吧，球迷给予的支持还不够啊！我做国足的铁杆球迷已经20年了，但他们老是这样不争气，老是到了关键时刻就熄火，你说有什么办法。
déle ba ，qiúmí jǐyǔ de zhīchí hái bùgòu a ！wǒ zuò guózú de tiěgǎn qiúmí yǐjīng èrshí nián le ，dàn tāmen lǎoshi zhèyàng bùzhēngqì ，lǎoshi dào le guānjiàn shíkè jiù xīhuǒ ，nǐ shuō yǒu shénme bànfǎ 。
Save it - the support fans give isn't enough! I've been a diehard national football fan for 20 years already, but they've continually let everyone down. When the key moment comes, they always sputter out. What can be done?
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