Chinese Notes

不是 bùshi

bùshi adverb no; is not; not
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不是'; Guoyu '不是' bùshi)
bùshì noun a fault; an error
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 错误 (CC-CEDICT '不是'; Guoyu '不是' bùshì 1)
bùshì adjective illegal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不合法 (Guoyu '不是' bùshì 2)
bùshì adverb or else; otherwise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不然 (Guoyu '不是' bùshì 3)

莫不是 probably; perhaps; could it be that...?
不是味儿(不是味兒) not the right flavor; not quite right; a bit off; fishy; queer; amiss; feel bad; be upset
岂不是(豈不是) is it not true?
不是冤家不聚头(不是冤家不聚頭) destiny will make enemies meet; (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不是滋味 to be upset; to feel disgusted
不是一家人不进一家门(不是一家人不進一家門) people who don't belong together, don't get to live together; marriages are predestined; people marry because they share common traits
要不是 if it were not for; but for
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云(曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲) there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu
赔不是(賠不是) to apologize
不是吗(不是嗎) isn't that so?
可不是 exactly ; how can it be that? ; no
不是吃素的 not to be trifled with; to be reckoned with
是不是 is it or not
不是东西(不是東西) to be a good-for-nothing; worthless nobody; no-good
派不是 to criticize; to find fault with
何尝不是(何嘗不是) how could it be anything else?
钱不是万能的，没钱是万万不能的(錢不是萬能的，沒錢是萬萬不能的) money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing

Truncated for common words