不好 bù hǎo
bù hǎo
phrase
not good
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不好')
Contained in
- 不好看 unsightly ; embarrassed
- 不好惹 not to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense
- 搞不好 maybe; perhaps
- 好不好 all right?; OK?
- 不好说(不好說) hard to say; unpleasant to say; can't be sure
- 不好意思 to be embarrassed ; excuse me [for being in the way]
- 眼神不好 to have poor eyesight
- 不好受 unpleasant; hard to take
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 80 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 14
- 第二回 Chapter 115 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 11
- 第二回 Chapter 117 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
- 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
- 第二回 Chapter 113 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
- 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 30 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 119 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
Collocations
- 不好学 (不好學) 好仁不好學 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — count: 16
- 性不好 (性不好) 雅性不好聲色 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十一 哀帝紀 Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai — count: 6
- 不好士 (不好士) 不好士者弱 — Xunzi 荀子, 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary — count: 5
- 不好立 (不好立) 不好立大義 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君大匡第十八 Chapter 18: Correcting a Ruler from Making a Grave Error — count: 4
- 不好文学 (不好文學) 勃不好文學 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《絳侯周勃世家》 House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang — count: 4
- 不好辞赋 (不好辭賦) 會景帝不好辭賦 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 3
- 不好弄 (不好弄) 夷吾弱不好弄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 弱不好 (弱不好) 夷吾弱不好弄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 不好儒术 (不好儒術) 不好儒術 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3
- 不好刑 (不好刑) 好德不好刑如是也 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十一 為人者天第四十一 五行之義第四十二 陽尊陰卑第四十三 王道通三第四十四 天容第四十五 天辨在人第四十六 陰陽位第四十七 Scroll 11 — count: 3