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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不妙 [búmiào]
  1. 1. (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring
    情况不妙
    Things are none too encouraging.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不妙 [búmiào]
  1. 1. 不好(多指情况变坏)
    形势不妙
    前途有些不妙

Examples

情况不妙
想到前途不妙,他不禁打了个冷噤。
前途有些不妙
大势不妙
他的近景似乎不妙
孩子们见势不妙,都一溜烟地跑了。
一看情况不妙,转身就走。
She's on the thin end of the wedge.
她的状况开始不妙了。

Word Decomposition


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