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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不对 [búduì]
  1. 1. incorrect; wrong
    这样做不对
    It's wrong to act like that.
    他没有什么不对的地方。
    He's not in the wrong.
  2. 2. (used by itself to express disagreement) no
    不对,我没有那么说。
    No, I didn't say that.
  3. 3. amiss; abnormal; queer
    这机器声音不对
    The machine makes a queer noise.
    她今天神色有点儿不对
    She doesn't quite look her usual self today.
  4. 4. be in disagreement; be at odds
    他们俩素来不对
    The two of them have always been in disagreement.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不对 [búduì]
  1. 1. 不正确
    数据不对
    不对的地方,请一定指出
  2. 2. 不正常
    味儿不对,不要吃了,免得吃坏肚子
  3. 3. 不和谐
    夫妻俩感情不对

Examples

轻罪重判不对,重罪轻判也不对
It is wrong to deal with a minor offence as if it were a major one and vice versa.
他没有什么不对的地方。
He's not in the wrong.
这机器声音不对
The machine makes a queer noise.
他们俩素来不对
The two of them have always been in disagreement.
文件的次序不对
The papers are not in the right order.
你说的话有对的地方,也有不对的地方。
What you say is partly right and partly wrong.
分明是你不对
Obviously you are in the wrong.

Word Decomposition


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