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HSK
not necessarily / maybe not
HSK 4
future / tomorrow / CL: 個|个 / approaching / coming / pending
HSK 4
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not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
HSK 7-9
never
HSK 7-9
in advance / before it happens (cf preventative measures) / forestalling
not having undergone / without (having gone though a certain process)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unprecedented
HSK 7-9
(idiom) still a child at heart; to retain a playful spirit
hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds?
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
as yet undecided / unsolved / still outstanding
not yet; still not
HSK 7-9
minor (i.e. person under 18)
HSK 7-9
unknown number / (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
HSK 7-9
unavoidably / can't help / really / rather
HSK 7-9
not expected at the outset (idiom) / unforeseen / to be surprised by the turn of events
to wish to continue sth / to have not fully expressed oneself
to refuse to comment / same as 不置可否
unfertilized (of ova, not soil)
(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
unmarried
Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism
to not anticipate / to not expect / unanticipated / unexpected
Futurama (US TV animated series, 1999-)
it is not too late (idiom)
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
underage
never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented
fiancée
incomplete; unfinished
not totally heartless / still having a shred of conscience
Weiyang District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
unsolved mystery
(idiom) acceptable; fine; okay
treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day
unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled
unaffected / not inconvenienced
hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
it is not too late (idiom)
to be still angry
unripe
forty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027
unprecedented / never seen since ancient times
unavenged / still demanding retribution
cannot / to fail to / unable to
is not / has never been / never occurring / unprecedented
still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom)
endless happiness (idiom)
fiancé
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
not in a position to
preventative treatment (medicine)
the time has not yet come
(literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable
to fail to eventuate / (verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
unfinished / incomplete
unsolved (problem)
a widow (a widow's way of referring to herself in former times)
future studies
unable to break the custom (idiom) / bound by conventions
(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
cannot
unnamed / unidentified
not ever / not necessarily
to not have had time / to have not yet / not to touch upon
to prevent troubles before the event (idiom) / to forestall / to nip sth in the bud
(idiom) pending a decision; hanging in the balance
soon / before long
minor (not an adult)
unknown
unknown / unclear
one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
unabridged edition / uncut edition
(literary) not having come to its term
twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
"he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 by Du Fu 杜甫)
author unspecified
being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)
eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
Book of Leviticus / Third Book of Moses
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
minor (old usage, person under 20)
wind does not come from an empty cave without reason / there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
(idiom) to have never met / to be complete strangers
unsolved / as yet unsettled
undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt
to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
(idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight
differing only slightly / not much between them
thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015
can't agree with

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