不痛不痒
不痛不痒
bù tòng bù yǎng
lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what; fig. not getting to any matter of substance; scratching the surface; superficial
idiom
Traditional: 不痛不癢
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- (idiom) lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what
- fig. not getting to any matter of substance
- scratching the surface
- superficial
- perfunctory
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Related Words
管他呢(guǎn tā ne)— don’t worry about (it, him etc)
→管他的(guǎn tā de)— don’t worry about (it, him etc)
→一反常态(yī fǎn cháng tài)— complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
→一手交钱，一手交货(yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò)— lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
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