不妙
bù miào
Pinyin

Definition

不妙
 - 
bù miào
  1. (of a turn of events) not too encouraging
  2. far from good
  3. anything but reassuring

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

我看情况不妙。政府现在救市是亡羊补牢，已经晚了。不过美国好多债券都在我们中国人手里，这下可把我们害惨了。
wǒ kàn qíngkuàng bùmiào 。zhèngfǔ xiànzài jiùshì shì wángyángbǔláo ，yǐjīng wǎn le 。bùguò Měiguó hǎo duō zhàiquàn dōu zài wǒmen Zhōngguórén shǒu lǐ ，zhè xià kě bǎ wǒmen hài cǎn le 。
I think the situation is grim. The government's closing the barn door after the horse has left, trying rescue the markets now. It's already too late. But a lot of American debt is in Chinese hands. This could really hurt us badly.
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老公，你快过来！大事不妙了！
lǎogōng ，nǐ kuài guòlai ！dàshìbùmiào le ！
Honey, get over here! This is not good!
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