不中不西
bù​zhōng​bù​xī

neither Chinese nor Western

  • created reference approved 不中不西 → 不伦不类/不倫不類 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不中不西 bù​zhōng​bù​xī

    不伦不类 / 不倫不類 bù​lún​bù​lèi

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不中不西 · bù​zhōng​bù​xī · neither Chinese nor Western — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不中不西

    bù​zhōng​bù​xī

    neither Chinese nor Western

    Neither Chinese nor Western; a mixture of styles that is neither one thing nor the other, often used to describe something awkward or out of place.

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · China 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · the West

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense