不像话 (不像話)
bù xiàng huà
Pinyin

Definition

不像话 (不像話)
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bù xiàng huà
  1. unreasonable
  2. shocking
  3. outrageous

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

哎，正发愁这事儿呢！不回吧，一年到头不回家看看也不像话；回吧，个人问题没解决，老爸老妈，亲朋好友非要唠叨死我。想想就好烦！
āi ，zhèng fāchóu zhè shìr ne ！bù huí ba ，yīniándàotóu bù huíjiā kàn kan yě bù xiànghuà ；huí ba ，gèrénwèntí méi jiějué ，lǎobà lǎomā ，qīnpénghǎoyǒu fēiyào láodao sǐ wǒ 。xiǎngxiang jiù hǎo fán ！
Yeah, this is really bothering me. If I don't go, then I won't have been home for a whole year and that's unacceptable. If I go, and the problem of my being single isn't resolved, my mom and dad, and all my relatives and friends are going to nag me to death. Just thinking about it is so annoying!
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你太不像话了！拿我当试验品！
nǐ tài bù xiànghuà le ！ná wǒ dàng shìyànpǐn ！
You're too much, using me as a test subject!
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