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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

不三不四 [bùsānbúsì]
  1. 1. [不正经] shady
  2. 2. [不像样] neither one thing nor the other

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不三不四 [bùsānbúsì]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] dubious; shady
    不三不四的人
    a person of dubious (or shady) character
    交些个不三不四的朋友
    make friends with a lot of dubious characters
  2. 2. [Chinese idiom] neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript
    自己生造的不三不四的词句
    nondescript expressions of one's own coinage
    说些不三不四的话
    make frivolous remarks; talk twaddle

Examples

不三不四的人
a person of dubious (or shady) character 不三不四
交些个不三不四的朋友
make friends with a lot of dubious characters 不三不四
自己生造的不三不四的词句
nondescript expressions of one's own coinage 不三不四
说些不三不四的话
make frivolous remarks; talk twaddle 不三不四
不三不四的人鬼混
hang around with shady characters 鬼混
他听了这种不三不四的话非常气愤。
On hearing these frivolous remarks he became furious. 气愤
他整天和一些不三不四的人厮混。
He fools around all the time with some rather dubious fellows. 厮混
不要整天和不三不四的人鬼混。
You shouldn't be hanging around with such shady people. 鬼混
他交往了很多不三不四的朋友。
He has relations with a lot of dubious characters. 交往
怎么整天跟不三不四的人混在一起? 不三不四

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