不祥
bù xiáng
Pinyin

Definition

不祥
 - 
bù xiáng
  1. ominous
  2. inauspicious

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

我上飞机前眼皮直跳，有种不祥的预感。上个月刚有飞机失事，我们不会这么倒霉吧？
wǒ shàng fēijī qián yǎnpí zhítiào ，yǒu zhǒng bùxiáng de yùgǎn 。shàng ge yuè gāng yǒu fēijī shīshì ，wǒmen bùhuì zhème dǎoméi ba ？
Before I boarded the plan my eyelids were twitching, and I had a sort of ominous feeling. Just last month a plane had an accident, there is no way we could be this unlucky, is there?
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