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There are 19 total results for your 不是 search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

不是

see styles
bù shi
    bu4 shi5
pu shih
 fuze
fault; blame
not, is not

不是嗎


不是吗

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bù shì ma
    bu4 shi4 ma5
pu shih ma
isn't that so?

不是話


不是话

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bù shì huà
    bu4 shi4 hua4
pu shih hua
see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4]

可不是

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kě bu shì
    ke3 bu5 shi4
k`o pu shih
    ko pu shih
(coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure

是不是

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shì bu shì
    shi4 bu5 shi4
shih pu shih
is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)

莫不是

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mò bù shì
    mo4 bu4 shi4
mo pu shih
probably; perhaps; could it be that...?

要不是

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yào bu shì
    yao4 bu5 shi4
yao pu shih
if it were not for; but for

賠不是


赔不是

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péi bú shi
    pei2 bu2 shi5
p`ei pu shih
    pei pu shih
to apologize

都不是

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dū bù shì
    du1 bu4 shi4
tu pu shih
 tofuze
definitely not

不是味兒


不是味儿

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bù shì wèi r
    bu4 shi4 wei4 r5
pu shih wei r
not the right flavor; not quite right; a bit off; fishy; queer; amiss; feel bad; be upset

不是東西


不是东西

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bù shì dōng xi
    bu4 shi4 dong1 xi5
pu shih tung hsi
(derog.) to be a good-for-nothing; worthless nobody; no-good

不是滋味

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bù shì zī wèi
    bu4 shi4 zi1 wei4
pu shih tzu wei
to be upset; to feel disgusted

不是吃素的

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bù shì chī sù de
    bu4 shi4 chi1 su4 de5
pu shih ch`ih su te
    pu shih chih su te
not to be trifled with; to be reckoned with

不是冤家不聚頭


不是冤家不聚头

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bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
    bu4 shi4 yuan1 jia1 bu4 ju4 tou2
pu shih yüan chia pu chü t`ou
    pu shih yüan chia pu chü tou
destiny will make enemies meet (idiom); (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)

不是魚死就是網破


不是鱼死就是网破

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bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
    bu4 shi4 yu2 si3 jiu4 shi4 wang3 po4
pu shih yü ssu chiu shih wang p`o
    pu shih yü ssu chiu shih wang po
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom); fig. it's a life-and-death struggle; it's either him or me

不是一家人不進一家門


不是一家人不进一家门

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bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
    bu4 shi4 yi1 jia1 ren2 bu4 jin4 yi1 jia1 men2
pu shih i chia jen pu chin i chia men
people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom); marriages are predestined; people marry because they share common traits

錢不是萬能的沒錢是萬萬不能的


钱不是万能的没钱是万万不能的

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qián bù shì wàn néng de méi qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de
    qian2 bu4 shi4 wan4 neng2 de5 mei2 qian2 shi4 wan4 wan4 bu4 neng2 de5
ch`ien pu shih wan neng te mei ch`ien shih wan wan pu neng te
    chien pu shih wan neng te mei chien shih wan wan pu neng te
Money isn't everything but without money you have nothing. (idiom)

曾經滄海難為水,除卻巫山不是雲


曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云

céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què wū shān bù shì yún
    ceng2 jing1 cang1 hai3 nan2 wei2 shui3 , chu2 que4 wu1 shan1 bu4 shi4 yun2
ts`eng ching ts`ang hai nan wei shui , ch`u ch`üeh wu shan pu shih yün
    tseng ching tsang hai nan wei shui , chu chüeh wu shan pu shih yün
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom); one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

錢不是萬能的,沒錢是萬萬不能的


钱不是万能的,没钱是万万不能的

qián bù shì wàn néng de , méi qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de
    qian2 bu4 shi4 wan4 neng2 de5 , mei2 qian2 shi4 wan4 wan4 bu4 neng2 de5
ch`ien pu shih wan neng te , mei ch`ien shih wan wan pu neng te
    chien pu shih wan neng te , mei chien shih wan wan pu neng te
money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 19 results for "不是" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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