- 不 adverbnotNegative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
- 耻 恥 verbadjectiveto feel ashamed(bound form) to feel ashamed; to consider something to be disgraceful
- to learn from inferiorsto ask advice or learn from people who are younger, have lower status, or have less experience than oneself; often used in the idiom 不耻下问