不明
bù míng
Pinyin

Definition

不明
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bù míng
  1. not clear
  2. unknown
  3. to fail to understand

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
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

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

一直没敢下手时，对方早已不明觉厉，衷心替那对核桃感到幸运，毕竟它们被一位艺术家相中了，而自己也何其幸运，艺术家想必会允许自己为他入手这对核桃效犬马之力吧？
yīzhí méi gǎn xiàshǒu shí ，duìfāng zǎoyǐ bùmíngjuélì ，zhōngxīn tì nà duì hétao gǎndào xìngyùn ，bìjìng tāmen bèi yī wèi yìshùjiā xiāngzhòng le ，ér zìjǐ yě hé qí xìngyùn ，yìshùjiā xiǎngbì huì yǔnxǔ zìjǐ wéi tā rùshǒu zhè duì hétao xiào quǎnmǎzhīlì ba ？
When the customer heard the artist say that he recently admired a pair of walnut trinkets, though they haven’t even begun to talk about the purchase, the customer’s admiration arose, even though he did not understand what the artist had said. He was truly happy about the walnuts. After all, the walnuts had been admired by an artist, and the customer felt very blessed that the artist allowed him put in his own effort to get the walnuts for the artist (in exchange for the painting).
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我也这么觉得，看来又要掀起一轮琅琊热了。话说，剧都追完了，我还不明白“琅玡”究竟是什么意思。
wǒ yě zhème juéde ，kànlai yòu yào xiānqǐ yī lún rè le 。huà shuō ，jù dōu zhuī wán le ，wǒ hái bù míngbái “lángyá ”jiūjìng shì shénme yìsi 。
I think so too, it looks like another wave of Nirvana fever is going to rise. Speaking of that, after finishing the whole show, I still don't understand what the "Langya" in the Chinese title "Langya Bang" means.
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他说了半天，我还是不明白。
tā shuō le bàntiān ，wǒ háishì bù míngbái 。
He's been talking for half a day and I still don't get what he's talking about.
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不过也有些比较随意，比如“不明觉厉”，你猜猜是什么意思？
bùguò yě yǒuxiē bǐjiào suíyì ，bǐrú “bùmíngjuélì ”，nǐ cāi cai shì shénme yìsi ？
But there are also a few that are a bit more informal, like for example, guess what "不明觉厉" means?
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