不灵 (不靈)
bù líng
Pinyin

Definition

不灵 (不靈)
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bù líng
  1. not work
  2. be ineffective

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

这会我的幸运号码可不灵了！你说我们是不是改抱黄金呀？
zhè huǐ wǒ de xìngyùn hàomǎ kě bùlíng le ！nǐ shuō wǒmen shìbushì gǎi bào huángjīn ya ？
My lucky number hasn't been working recently! Do you think we should invest in gold instead?
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我猜到时候你肯定没那么好的心态，哭得稀里哗啦的，叫天天不应，叫地地不灵，肯定找我帮忙。
wǒ cāi dào shíhou nǐ kěndìng méi nàme hǎo de xīntài ，kū de xīlihuālā de ，jiào tiān tiān bùyīng ，jiào dì dì bùlíng ，kěndìng zhǎo wǒ bāngmáng 。
I bet that when the time came, you wouldn't have such a good attitude. You'd be balling your eyes out and crying for help to no avail. You'd definitely come looking for my help.
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发射！发射！哎，怎么搞的！发射！怎么不灵了？
fāshè ！fāshè ！āi ，zěnmegǎode ！fāshè ！zěnme bùlíng le ？
Fire! Fire! Agh, what the hell? Launch! Why isn't it working?
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妈，我们都明白您这是为她好。可我们老祖宗的这一套用在西方人身上就不灵了。西方人和我们的饮食结构、体质还有生活环境都不一样，怎么能把我们的那一套照搬到他们身上呢？
mā ，wǒmen dōu míngbai nín zhè shì wèi tā hǎo 。kě wǒmen lǎozǔzōng de zhè yī tào yòng zài xīfāngrén shēnshang jiù bùlíng le 。xīfāngrén hé wǒmen de yǐnshí jiégòu 、tǐzhì háiyǒu shēnghuó huánjìng dōu bùyīyàng ，zěnme néng bǎ wǒmen de nà yī tào zhàobān dào tāmen shēnshang ne ？
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