不伦不类 (不倫不類)
bù lún bù lèi
Pinyin

Definition

不伦不类 (不倫不類)
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bù lún bù lèi
  1. out of place
  2. inappropriate
  3. incongruous

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

不过并不是所有人都能接受这种新音乐形式的，特别是年纪大的人，总觉得这种音乐不中不西，不伦不类，糟蹋了中国的传统文化。
bùguò bìng bù shì suǒyǒurén dōu néng jiēshòu zhèzhǒng xīn yīnyuèxíngshì de ，tèbié shì niánjì dà de rén ，zǒng juéde zhèzhǒng yīnyuè bù zhōng bù xī ，bùlúnbùlèi ，zāotà le Zhōngguó de chuántǒng wénhuà 。
But these new kinds of music definitely aren't for everybody. Especially older people-- they always think that this kind of music is neither Chinese nor Western, it's neither fish nor fowl. It's made a mockery of traditional Chinese culture.
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