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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
in advance / before it happens (cf preventative measures) / forestalling
(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
(idiom) unprecedented
HSK 7-9
author unspecified
never
HSK 7-9
hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds?
unknown number / (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
HSK 7-9
not having undergone / without (having gone though a certain process)
HSK 7-9
not yet; still not
HSK 7-9
minor (i.e. person under 18)
HSK 7-9
soon / before long
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
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 refuse to comment / same as 不置可否
unfertilized (of ova, not soil)
future tense
(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
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
fiancée
(idiom) to have never met / to be complete strangers
Book of Leviticus / Third Book of Moses
imperfect / incomplete
to wish to continue sth / to have not fully expressed oneself
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
unprecedented / never seen since ancient times
not necessarily / that's not sure
incomplete; unfinished
not totally heartless / still having a shred of conscience
unaffected / not inconvenienced
still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom)
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
unprecedented / never seen before
unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled
hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
unfinished / unresolved
unripe
forty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027
unsolved / as yet unsettled
cannot / to fail to / unable to
is not / has never been / never occurring / unprecedented
fiancé
the time has not yet come
not in a position to
unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
preventative treatment (medicine)
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable
(literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable
to fail to eventuate / (verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing
it is not too late (idiom)
to be still angry
endless happiness (idiom)
one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
unfinished / incomplete
unsolved (problem)
a widow (a widow's way of referring to herself in former times)
unable to break the custom (idiom) / bound by conventions
never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented / also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
cannot
unnamed / unidentified
as yet undecided / unsolved / still outstanding
to not have had time / to have not yet / not to touch upon
unsolved mystery
to prevent troubles before the event (idiom) / to forestall / to nip sth in the bud
(idiom) acceptable; fine; okay
Weiyang District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
minor (not an adult)
unknown
being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)
unsolved / as yet unsettled
attempted murder
undiscounted / full price
(literary) not having come to its term
as yet unprocessed
twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
differing only slightly / not much between them
to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
future studies
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up
minor (old usage, person under 20)
not yet dispatched
undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt
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
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

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