不简单 (不簡單)
bù jiǎn dān
Pinyin
Definition
不简单 (不簡單)
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- not simple
- rather complicated
- remarkable
- marvelous
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 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
- 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
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 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
郑直,哦,年纪轻轻已经是副教授了,年轻人不简单啊。
Zheng Zhi, oh, you're so young and already an associate professor, young people really are more than they appear.
那还不简单。去东方明珠和金茂大厦啊,这两个可是上海的标志性建筑。
It's not easy to say. Go to the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Jinmao Tower-- those two buildings are symbolic of Shanghai.