不起眼
bù qǐ yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

不起眼
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bù qǐ yǎn
  1. unremarkable
  2. nothing out of the ordinary

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
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...)

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

唉，这家夜店外面看看不起眼，里面装修得倒不错啊。
ái ，zhè jiā yèdiàn wàimian kàn kan bù qǐyǎn ，lǐmiàn zhuāngxiū de dào bùcuò a 。
Man, this night club isn't much to look at from the outside, but the inside has actually been renovated really nicely.
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要我说啊，连锁咖啡店的布置装修都是千篇一律的，反而是那些开在不起眼的小街道上的小咖啡馆更吸引我。装修有个性，可以无线上网，咖啡和食物的味道也很正宗，就是地段差了点。
yào wǒ shuō a ，liánsuǒ kāfēidiàn de bùzhì zhuāngxiū dōu shì qiānpiānyīlǜ de ，fǎn'ér shì nàxiē kāi zài bù qǐyǎn de xiǎo jiēdào shàng de xiǎo kāfēiguǎn gèng xīyǐn wǒ 。zhuāngxiū yǒu gèxìng ，kěyǐ wúxiànshàngwǎng ，kāfēi hé shíwù de wèidao yě hěn zhèngzōng ，jiùshì dìduàn chà le diǎn 。
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