不拘小节 [不拘小節] - to not bother about trifles (idiom) - bù jū xiǎo jié | Definition | ChinesePod.com

不拘小节 (不拘小節)

bù jū xiǎo jié

Pinyin

Definition

不拘小节 (不拘小節)

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bù jū xiǎo jié

to not bother about trifles (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bù

1 (negative prefix)
2 not
3 no

xiǎo

1 small
2 tiny
3 few
4 young

bù jiǔ

1 not long (after)
2 before too long
3 soon
4 soon after

bù dàn

1 not only (... but also...)

bù jǐn

1 not only (this one)
2 not just (...) but also

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休

yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
3 in for a penny, in for a pound

一问三不知

yī wèn sān bù zhī

1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
3 complete ignorance

一尘不染

yī chén bù rǎn

1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
2 spotless

一字不提

yī zì bù tí

1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

一山不容二虎

yī shān bù róng èr hǔ

1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

是吗？有幽默感和独创性？这么看来又有点儿像B型血的性格。不过B型的人一般不拘小节，喜欢自由，有些我行我素，爱好很多，但是没有常性，容易喜新厌旧，和A型正好是完全相反的类型。

shì ma ？yǒu yōumògǎn hé dúchuàngxìng ？zhème kànlai yòu yǒudiǎnr xiàng Bxíng xiě de xìnggé 。bùguò Bxíng de rén yībān bùjūxiǎojié ，xǐhuan zìyóu ，yǒuxiē wǒxíngwǒsù ，àihào hěn duō ，dànshì méiyǒu chángxìng ，róngyì xǐxīnyànjiù ，hé Axíng zhènghǎo shì wánquán xiāngfǎn de lèixíng 。

Really? He's got a sense of humor and creativity? Looking at it that way, it seems like he's got a Type-B blood kind of personality. But people with B blood don't usually worry about little details. They like freedom, and they have a ''my way or the highway" attitude. They have a lot of hobbies, but they're not very persistent. They like new things and get sick of old stuff. They're perfectly opposite from Type-A blood people.