bù​xiáng

not clear

  • created sense approved 不详/不詳 · bù​xiáng · not clear — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不详 / 不詳

    bù​xiáng

    not clear

    not quite clear; not well known; unknown; often used to describe missing information such as dates or identities

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 详 (literal) → 详/詳 · xiáng · to know

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 不详/不詳 · bù​xiáng · not in detail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不详 / 不詳

    bù​xiáng

    not in detail

    not detailed; not explained in full; used in formal writing or letters to indicate that one is not going into detail

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 详 (literal) → 详/詳 · xiáng · detailed

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 不详/不詳 · bù​xiáng · will not elaborate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不详 / 不詳

    bù​xiáng

    will not elaborate

    used in letters and correspondence to mean "I will not go into further detail" (e.g. [[略表不详|略表不詳|lu:e4 biao3 bu4 xiang2]])

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 详 (literal) → 详/詳 · xiáng · to explain in detail

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

    created sense