"Unpleasant" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 不愉快 | bù yú kuài | disagreeable / unpleasant |  |
| 讨人嫌 | tǎo rén xián | unpleasant / disagreeable | |
| 不好受 | bù hǎo shòu | unpleasant / hard to take | |
| 令人不快 | lìng rén bù kuài | unpleasant / objectionable | |
| 难听 | nán tīng | unpleasant to hear / coarse / vulgar / offensive / shameful |  |
| 坏话 | huài huà | unpleasant talk / malicious words | |
| 幸免 | xìng miǎn | to avoid (an unpleasant fate) | |
| 转嫁 | zhuǎn jià | to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck | |
| 难闻 | nán wén | unpleasant smell / stink | |
| 刺目 | cì mù | gaudy / glaring / unpleasant to the eyes | |
| 恶气 | è qì | evil smell / resentment / unpleasant manner | |
| 看开 | kàn kāi | to come to accept an unpleasant fact / to get over sth / to cheer up | |
| 戳破 | chuō pò | to puncture / to pierce / (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality) | |
| 恶疾 | è jí | unpleasant ailment / foul disease | |
| 逆耳 | nì ěr | unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths) | |
| 看不顺眼 | kàn bù shùn yǎn | unpleasant to the eye / objectionable | |
| 想开 | xiǎng kāi | to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on | |
| 不好说 | bù hǎo shuō | hard to say / can't be sure / difficult to speak about / unpleasant to say | |
| 倒粪 | dào fèn | to turn over manure / fig. to offend others by endlessly repeating unpleasant remarks | |
| 丧气鬼 | sàng qì guǐ | downcast wretch / bad-tempered and unpleasant person | |
| 报喜不报忧 | bào xǐ bù bào yōu | to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet | |
| 婉称 | wǎn chēng | euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death) | |
| 异味 | yì wèi | unpleasant odor | |
| 难喝 | nán hē | unpleasant to drink | |
| 榴莲族 | liú lián zú | worker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with | |
| 丑话说在前头 | chǒu huà shuō zài qián tou | let's talk about the unpleasant things first / let's be frank | |
| 辣眼睛 | là yǎn jing | (neologism c. 2016) (slang) unpleasant to look at / hard on the eyes | |
| 踩雷 | cǎi léi | to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler | |
