"三不" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
三不 sān bù the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
三不管 sān bù guǎn of undetermined status / unregulated
三不朽 sān bù xiǔ the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])
三不沾 sān bù zhān air ball (basketball)
三不知 sān bù zhī to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end / to know nothing at all
三不五时 三不五時 sān bù wǔ shí (Tw) from time to time / frequently
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
不三不四 bù sān bù sì (idiom) dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript syn
一问三不知 一問三不知 yī wèn sān bù zhī lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance syn
着三不着两 著三不著兩 zháo sān bù zháo liǎng scatter-brained / thoughtless syn

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