不作美
bù​zuò​měi

to not cooperate

  • created reference approved 不作美 → 不做美 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不作美 bù​zuò​měi

    不做美 bù​zuò​měi

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不作美 · bù​zuò​měi · to not cooperate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不作美

    bù​zuò​měi

    to not cooperate

    To be uncooperative or fail to help; used to describe circumstances (like the weather) that ruin plans or fail to fulfill someone's hopes.

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 作美 (literal) → 作美 · zuò​měi · to cooperate

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

    created sense