不好

not good; bad or unsuitable, fail to do something well; not manage to do it successfully, hard to; not easy to

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phrase Very common #644
not good; bad or unsuitable Used to say that something is poor or unsatisfactory.
CH: 这个办法不好,我们换一个吧。
EN: This method isn’t good; let’s try another one.

但我妈妈的身体不好家里又没有其他人我只好留下来

But my mother is in poor health, and there was no one else at home, so I had no choice but to stay.

— 阿飞正传 (1990)

太穷是不好的

Being too poor is not good.

— 切肤之爱 (2000)

他对我好怎么可能对我不好啊?

He's good to me—how could he possibly treat me badly?

— 后来的我们 (2018)

我有不好的预感.

I have a bad feeling.

— 杀手疾风号 (2022)

好还是不好告诉我吧

Just tell me whether it’s good or not.

— 水瓶座 (2016)

吸烟对你不好

Smoking is bad for you.

— 烈日灼人 (1994)

你眼睛不好吗?

Is there something wrong with your eyes?

像一个生存游戏,或是一个折磨的游戏不好吗?

Wouldn’t something like a survival game—or perhaps a game of torment—be better?

— 切肤之爱 (2000)

笑话人不好

It's not nice to make fun of people.

— 穆那大哥做医生 (2003)

你这样可不好

That's not very nice of you.

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

我觉得不好了。

I don't feel well.

巴克劳的村民埋怨信号不好

Villagers in Baklau complain about poor signal.

— 巴克劳 (2019)

这个不好开玩笑的啊

You can't joke about this.

— Dying to Survive (2018)

我看不好吧。

I don't think it looks very good.

— 死亡录像 (2007)

这种事情不好乱说的

You shouldn't make claims like that without knowing the facts.

— I Am What I Am 2 (2024)

"先告诉你件很不好的消息"

First, I have some really bad news for you.

— 天堂电影院 (1988)

是一些,可能是一些不好的事,不过跟你没有关系

It’s probably something bad, but it has nothing to do with you.

— 维多利亚 (2015)

咖啡不好。

The coffee is bad.

不好吧

That doesn't seem like a good idea.

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

父母亲脾气都不好

Both of my parents have bad tempers.

— 牺牲 (1986)

我过得不好你也挺开心的吧?

I'm not doing well, but you're having a pretty good time, aren't you?

— 后来的我们 (2018)

我不好我不好

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

— 流浪地球 (2019)

这决定做得好不好?

Was this a good decision?

戏做的好能骗别人做的不好只能骗自己

If you act well, you can fool others; if you act poorly, you can only fool yourself.

— 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)

我成绩不好.

My grades aren't good.

— 你妈妈也一样 (2001)

这样对两边都不好

This isn't good for either side.

— 瓦塞浦黑帮(上) (2012)

有些乘客抱怨服务态度不好。

Some passengers complained about the poor service.

课卖得还是不好啊这个月

The courses still aren't selling well this month.

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

那样不好

That’s not good.

— 战争与和平 (1968)

这可不好是吧?

That's not good, is it?

— 烈日灼人 (1994)

为什么你姐姐不好?

Why isn't your older sister nice?

不好的

Not good.

— 我的父亲母亲 (1999)

粘土真的不好吗

Is clay really bad?

— 安德烈·卢布廖夫 (1966)

把你累坏了可就不好了

It wouldn’t be good if you wore yourself out.

— 罗马 (2018)

今天晚上就到这儿吧书念多了对你不好!

Let's call it a night here. Studying too much isn't good for you!

— 海上钢琴师 (1998)

你说了不好的说话

You said something hurtful.

— 黑潮 (1992)

这样真的不好

This really isn't good.

— 托尼·厄德曼 (2016)

拿女孩照片不好

It's not appropriate to use a girl's photo.

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

给他们看看那个不好吧

It might not be a good idea to show them that.

— 美人鱼 (2016)

不好了。

Oh no.

— RRR:双雄起义 (2022)

我不好

I'm not feeling well.

— 城市英雄 (1993)

你妻子不好

Your wife is not good.

— 莫斯科不相信眼泪 (1980)

换手机这方法不好吧

Switching phones doesn't seem like a good idea, does it?

— 完美陌生人 (2016)

不好吧?

That wouldn't be a good idea, would it?

— 一一 (2000)

虽然我画得不好

Although I’m not very good at drawing.

— 蝴蝶梦 (1940)

孩子,我们迟早会找到但可能会为时已晚,那就不好了

Child, we'll find it eventually, but it might be too late by then, and that wouldn't be good.

— 无爱可诉 (2017)

在一个地方呆这么久是不好的。

It's not good to stay in one place for so long.

— RRR:双雄起义 (2022)

他身体不好

He is in poor health.

— 爱情是狗娘 (2000)

我的英文不好。

My English isn’t very good.

世间太多不好的人

There are too many bad people in the world.

— 天使爱美丽 (2001)

这张桌子不好。

This table isn't good.

所以说这个主意不好

So, that means this isn't a good idea.

— 精英部队2:大敌当前 (2010)

不好的不吃…

I won’t eat anything that’s not good…

— 黄飞鸿之一:壮志凌云 (1991)

我有个不好的想法。

I have a bad idea.

他希望抹去不好的记忆。

He hopes to erase the bad memories.

我一向手气不好

I've always had bad luck.

— 天使爱美丽 (2001)

我看起来不好吗?

Do I not look good?

— 机械师 (2004)

你是好人,只是脸色不好。

You're a good person; you just don't look very friendly.

— 飞向太空 (1972)

不好了!

Oh no!

— 铃芽之旅 (2022)

我们一起走好不好?

Shall we go together?

— 惊魂记 (1960)

刚才不好吗?

Wasn't that good just now?

— 阿黛尔的生活 (2013)

这里的饮食对她不好

The food here isn't good for her.

— 绝美之城 (2013)

他抱怨菜的味道不好。

He complained that the food tasted bad.

说不好

Hard to say.

— 安德烈·卢布廖夫 (1966)

院长有些不好的事情听说您是有些不好的事情所以才来我们秘阳的

Dean, I heard that something bad happened to you, which is why you came to our Miyang.

— 密阳 (2007)

妈妈说得对你确实脾气不好!

Mom was right—you really do have a bad temper!

— 烈日灼人 (1994)

那你是想知道我好还是想知道我不好?

So, do you want to know whether I'm doing well or not?

— 后来的我们 (2018)

太多不好的回忆。

Too many bad memories.

— 甘泉玛侬 (1986)

我提醒你现在我们全家的情绪都不好

I'm warning you, the whole family is in a bad mood right now.

— 普通女人 (2017)

也许不好

Maybe it’s not good.

— 朱诺 (2007)

头头,不好了

Boss, we've got a problem!

— 无间道 (2002)

我们今天的表现不好

We didn't perform well today.

— 印度往事 (2001)

有什么不好?

What's wrong with that?

— 好家伙 (1990)

为了赋予好的咒语力量就一定得知道不好的咒语

To empower good spells, you have to know bad spells.

— 天空之城 (1986)

这词典不好。

This dictionary isn't very good.

这张不好

This picture isn't very good.

— 绝美之城 (2013)

你举了一个不好的例子。

You gave a bad example.

一直在说这没什么不好的他不是我爸爸

He keeps saying there’s nothing wrong with it. He’s not my dad.

— 回归 (2006)

我不会说它不好的可是你能闻出来是鱼都臭了

I wouldn’t say it’s bad, but you can smell that the fish has gone rotten.

— 恶魔 (1955)

喝酒对宝宝不好

Drinking alcohol is bad for the baby.

— 罗马 (2018)

这一点都不好

This is not good at all.

— 智利说不 (2012)

但咖啡不好。

But the coffee is not good.

你的脾气还是不好

You still have a bad temper.

— 卧虎藏龙 (2000)

她一定是有什么不好的预感。

She must have had a bad feeling.

— 东京物语 (1953)

汤姆和玛丽的记忆都不好。

Both Tom and Mary have poor memories.

马拉德这名字不好么?

Isn't Mallard a good name?

— 印度有嘻哈 (2019)

有个孩子视力不好

There is a child with poor eyesight.

— 精英部队 (2007)

这样不好

That's not good.

— 为所应为 (1989)

师父身体不好

Master isn't in good health.

— I Am What I Am 2 (2024)

过得不好

Not doing well.

— 后来的我们 (2018)

两个的脾气都不好

They both have bad tempers.

— 东京物语 (1953)

有个家伙总嫌过去的姑娘不好

There’s a guy who’s always complaining that the girls he dated in the past weren’t any good.

— 追击者 (2008)

运气真不好

What bad luck.

— 天空之城 (1986)

十几块二十块嘛让她有个选择不好吗?

It’s only ten or twenty yuan—why not give her a choice?

— 重庆森林 (1994)

大家心情都不好,并不是针对你

Everyone’s in a bad mood; it’s not directed at you.

— 普通女人 (2017)

那个颜色不好吧?

That color isn’t very good, is it?

— 借东西的小人阿莉埃蒂 (2010)

女孩太漂亮不好太漂亮就没有幽默感

It’s not good for a girl to be too beautiful—if she’s too beautiful, she won’t have a sense of humor.

— 时空恋旅人 (2013)

她有什么不好

What's wrong with her?

— 切肤之爱 (2000)

phrase Uncommon #5,838
fail to do something well; not manage to do it successfully Placed after a verb to indicate that the action cannot be done well or successfully.
CH: 你如果书念不好就回来,妈妈不会骂你啦。
EN: If you can’t do well at school, come back home; Mom won’t scold you.

很多小学生学不好代数。

Many elementary school students struggle with algebra.

我们治不好的。

We can't cure it.

— 摩托日记 (2004)

我永远画不好

I’ll never be good at drawing.

— 蝴蝶梦 (1940)

我说不好

I can't really say.

— 爆裂鼓手 (2014)

"看"音乐会在莫斯科待了两年你话都说不好

You spent two years in Moscow going to concerts, and you still can’t even speak properly.

— 莫斯科不相信眼泪 (1980)

我也说不好

I can't really say either.

— 触不可及 (2011)

我跟你说啊这车啊今天修不好了,真的

I’m telling you, this car won’t be fixed today. I’m serious.

— Lost in Thailand (2012)

那个可怜的家伙也是个写不好字母的人

That poor guy is also terrible at writing the alphabet.

— 地球上的星星 (2007)

你肯定演不好啊

You definitely can't act.

— Hi, Mom (2021)

我是管不好但我能掌管曼哈顿计划

I’m not good at managing things, but I can take charge of the Manhattan Project.

— 奥本海默 (2023)

她治不好的

She can't cure it.

— 触不可及 (2011)

不过上面那个人却总是画不好

But the person above can never draw it right.

— 魔女宅急便 (1989)

你怎么知道修不好今天不行

How do you know it can’t be fixed? Is today not an option?

— Lost in Thailand (2012)

我喜欢英语,但是我说不好。

I like English, but I don't speak it well.

你根本什么事都做不好

You can’t do anything right.

— 小萝莉的猴神大叔 (2015)

但我说不好我估计他不怎么喜欢爵士乐

But I can't say for sure—I don't think he likes jazz very much.

— 爆裂鼓手 (2014)

否则明天也修不好

Otherwise, it won't be fixed by tomorrow either.

— 美丽人生 (1997)

却还是考不好

Yet I still can't do well on the exam.

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

如果做不好的话不会跟你收钱的啦

If we don't do a good job, we won't charge you.

— 红猪 (1992)

联系不上惠美我必须进去一下得喂猫一个弄不好

I can’t get in touch with Emi. I have to go inside for a moment to feed the cat—if I don’t, something could go wrong.

— 燃烧 (2018)

我还是写不好汉语。

I still can't write Chinese well.

如果你做不好,就别做

If you can't do it well, don't do it.

— 从海底出击 (1981)

您弄不好

You can't get it right.

— 战争与和平 (1968)

phrase Rare #14,682
hard to; not easy to In this construction, 不好 comes before a verb to say that an action is difficult. It does not mean “not good.”
CH: 到时候就不好联系了。
EN: It’ll be hard to get in touch then.

这下可就不好找了

This is going to be hard to find now.

— 密阳 (2007)

唯一的麻烦是它不好假装

The only problem is that it’s hard to pretend otherwise.

— 莫斯科不相信眼泪 (1980)

这真的不好说。

It's really hard to say.

— 甘泉玛侬 (1986)

这可不好说

That's hard to say.

— 时空恋旅人 (2013)

像我们这样的人不好过不要连累了他

People like us have it hard—don't drag him into this.

— 芭萨提的颜色 (2006)

你爸爸不好说

It’s hard to say about your dad.

— 关于我母亲的一切 (1999)

到时候就不好联系了

It’ll be harder to get in touch then.

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

镇上这么多人确实不好安排

It really is difficult to make arrangements for so many people in town.

— 你的名字。 (2016)