琴瑟 qín sè qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony 琴瑟和鸣 琴瑟和鳴 qín sè hé míng in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony 不会 不會 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all syn 不惜 bù xī not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth) syn 不依 bù yī not to comply / not to go along with / not to let off easily / not to let sb get away with it syn 未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn 不尽然 不盡然 bù jìn rán not always / not entirely / not necessarily so / not entirely correct 不得 bù dé must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot syn 不仅 不僅 bù jǐn not just / not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) syn 不足 bù zú insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not syn 不大 bù dà not very / not too / not often syn 不必 bù bì need not / does not have to / not necessarily syn 不算 bù suàn to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight syn 并未 並未 bìng wèi (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ... / has not actually ... syn 无须 無須 wú xū need not / not obliged to / not necessarily syn 不符 bù fú inconsistent / not in agreement with / not agree or tally with / not conform to syn 不单 不單 bù dān not the only / not merely / not simply syn 不 bù no / not so / (bound form) not / un- / variant of 不 / (negative prefix) / not / no syn 未及 wèi jí to not have had time / to have not yet / not to touch upon 实景 實景 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation) syn 不闻不问 不聞不問 bù wén bù wèn not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned syn 无独有偶 無獨有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case syn 未始 wèi shǐ not necessarily / may not turn out to be / maybe not syn 不足为训 不足為訓 bù zú wéi xùn not to be taken as an example / not an example to be followed / not to be taken as authoritative syn 名不副实 名不副實 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. syn 不知者不罪 bù zhī zhě bù zuì One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible 不避斧钺 不避斧鉞 bù bì fǔ yuè not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom) / not afraid of dying in combat / not afraid of being executed 善者不辩，辩者不善 善者不辯，辯者不善 shàn zhě bù biàn , biàn zhě bù shàn Good words are not persuasive, persuasive words are not good (idiom, from Laozi 老子 81). Do not be taken in by appearances. 天机不可泄漏 天機不可泄漏 tiān jī bù kě xiè lòu lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom) / must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you. 天机不可泄露 天機不可泄露 tiān jī bù kě xiè lù lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom) / must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you. 不为过 不為過 bù wéi guò not an exaggeration / not excessive / not wide of the mark 和谐 和諧 hé xié harmonious / harmony / (euphemism) to censor syn 融合 róng hé a mixture / an amalgam / fusion / welding together / to be in harmony with (nature) / to harmonize with / to fit in syn 均衡 jūn héng equal / balanced / harmony / equilibrium syn 大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) 协和 協和 xié hé to harmonize / harmony / cooperation / (music) consonant syn 融融 róng róng in harmony / happy / warm relations syn 和声 和聲 hé shēng harmony (music) 和美 hé měi harmonious / in perfect harmony 和合 hé hé harmony 相安无事 相安無事 xiāng ān wú shì (idiom) to live together in harmony syn 法家 fǎ jiā the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist syn 凡响 凡響 fán xiǎng ordinary tones / everyday harmony / common chord 调谐 調諧 tiáo xié harmonious / to adjust / to tune (e.g. wireless receiver) / to bring into harmony syn 貌合神离 貌合神離 mào hé shén lí the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom) / seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement syn 太和殿 tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2] 雍和 yōng hé harmony 叶 xié to be in harmony syn 怡 yí harmony / pleased syn 和睦相处 和睦相處 hé mù xiāng chǔ to live in harmony / to get along with each other syn 和气致祥 和氣緻祥 hé qì zhì xiáng (idiom) amiability leads to harmony 夫唱妇随 夫唱婦隨 fū chàng fù suí fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony syn 琴瑟不调 琴瑟不調 qín sè bù tiáo out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony 貌合心离 貌合心離 mào hé xīn lí the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom) / seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement 元音和谐 元音和諧 yuán yīn hé xié vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages) 和谐性 和諧性 hé xié xìng compatibility / mutual harmony 家和万事兴 家和萬事興 jiā hé wàn shì xīng if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper (idiom) 断弦 斷弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony 时雍 時雍 shí yōng concord / harmony 母音调和 母音調和 mǔ yīn tiáo hé vowel harmony (in phonetics) 燮和 xiè hé to harmonize / to live in harmony 融然 róng rán in harmony / happy together 和音 hé yīn harmony (pleasing combination of sounds) 与自然和谐相处 Harmony with Nature 和平与和谐宣言 Declaration for Peace and Harmony 世界信仰间和谐周 世界信仰間和諧周 World Interfaith Harmony Week 和平融洽基金会 和平融洽基金會 Foundation for Peace and Harmony 宗教间合作促进和平与和谐对话 宗教間合作促進和平與和諧對話 Dialogue on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace and Harmony 北京论坛 北京論壇 Beijing Forum on Harmony among Peoples / Beijing Forum 关于全国和谐的佛罗里达宣言 關於全國和諧的佛羅里達宣言 Florida Declaration / "For National Harmony: The Florida Declaration" 以和为贵 以和為貴 yǐ hé wéi guì harmony is to be prized 岁静 歲靜 suì jìng (neologism) (slang) person who likes to pretend that everything is fine in their society (derived from 歲月靜好|岁月静好[sui4 yue4 jing4 hao3], "it is a time of peace and harmony") 没有 沒有 méi yǒu haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be syn 不能 bù néng cannot / must not / should not syn 不是 bù shì no / is not / not syn 不同 bù tóng different / distinct / not the same / not alike syn 不知 bù zhī not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) 根本 gēn běn fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 不可 bù kě cannot / should not / must not syn 不到 bù dào not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than syn 不如 bù rú not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to syn 不行 bù xíng won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable syn 尚未 shàng wèi not yet / still not syn 不然 bù rán not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...? syn 再也 zài yě (not) ever again / (not) any longer syn 不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing syn 毫不 háo bù hardly / not in the least / not at all syn 不详 不詳 bù xiáng not in detail / not quite clear syn 绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way / not in the least / absolutely not syn 不容 bù róng must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate syn 未必 wèi bì not necessarily / maybe not syn 不只 bù zhǐ not only / not merely syn 不许 不許 bù xǔ not to allow / must not / can't syn 不符合 bù fú hé discrepant / falling short (of expectations) / not matching up / not conforming / (figures) disagree / unbecoming 决不 決不 jué bù not at all / simply (can) not syn 不怎么 不怎麼 bù zěn me not very / not particularly syn 不服 bù fú not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to syn 何不 hé bù why not? / why not do (sth)? syn 不合 bù hé to not conform to / to be unsuited to / to be out of keeping with / should not / ought out syn 