"不到" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 不到 | bù dào | not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than |   | |
Results beginning with 不到 | ||||
| 不到长城非好汉 | bù dào Cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn | lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal | | |
| 不到黄河心不死 | bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ | lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left | | |
| 不到火候不揭锅 | bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō | don't act until the time is ripe (idiom) | | |
Approximate Results for 不到 | ||||
| 找不到 | zhǎo bu dào | can't find | | |
| 想不到 | xiǎng bu dào | unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that | | |
| 得不到 | dé bù dào | cannot get / cannot obtain | | |
| 听不到 | tīng bu dào | can't hear | | |
| 达不到 | dá bù dào | cannot achieve / cannot reach | | |
| 办不到 | bàn bu dào | impossible / can't be done / no can do / unable to accomplish | | |
| 做不到 | zuò bù dào | impossible | | |
| 意想不到 | yì xiǎng bù dào | unexpected / previously unimagined | | |
| 侦测不到的含量 | undetectable level (of plasma HIV RNA) | | ||
| 探测不到的地雷 | undetectable mine | | ||
| 也好不到哪里去 | yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù | just as bad / not much better | | |
| 不问就听不到假话 | bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà | Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom) | | |
| 吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 | chī bù dào pú tao shuō pú tao suān | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them | | |
| 得不到充分服务的人口 | underserved populations | | ||
| 得不到充分服务的社区 | underserved community | | ||
