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是不是
- 1 is or isn't
- 2 yes or no
- 3 whether or not
不是东西 | 不是東西
- 1 (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing
- 2 worthless nobody
- 3 no-good
可不是
- 1 that's just the way it is
- 2 exactly!
不是味儿 | 不是味兒
- 1 not the right flavor
- 2 not quite right
- 3 a bit off
- 4 fishy
- 5 queer
- 6 amiss
- 7 feel bad
- 8 be upset
不是鱼死就是网破 | 不是魚死就是網破
- 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
- 3 it's either him or me
不是吃素的
- 1 not to be trifled with
- 2 to be reckoned with
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
- 1 money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)
不是吗 | 不是嗎
- 1 isn't that so?
不是话 | 不是話
- 1 see also: 不像话 bù xiàng huà
莫不是
- 1 probably
- 2 perhaps
- 3 could it be that...?
不是冤家不聚头 | 不是冤家不聚頭
- 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
- 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
要不是
- 1 if it were not for
- 2 but for
不是一家人不进一家门 | 不是一家人不進一家門
- 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
- 2 marriages are predestined
- 3 people marry because they share common traits
是非不分
- 1 unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
赔不是 | 賠不是
- 1 to apologize
不是滋味
- 1 to be upset
- 2 to feel disgusted
是可忍,孰不可忍
- 1 if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom)
- 2 enough is enough
不是
- 1 fault
- 2 blame
不是
- 1 no
- 2 is not
- 3 not
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
- 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
- 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things