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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不明 [bùmíng]
  1. 1. not clear; unknown
    失踪的渔船至今下落不明。
    The whereabouts of the missing fishing boat is still unknown.
    申请表已经交上去了，只是结果不明。
    天空中出现了不明飞行物。
    这味药中似乎含有某种不明成分。
    他的巨额财产来源不明。
  2. 2. fail to understand
    不明事理
    lack common sense
    不明是非
    confuse right and wrong
    不明真相
    be unaware of the truth; be ignorant of the facts

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不明 [bùmíng]
  1. 1. 形 不明亮
    今晚月色不明
  2. 2. 形 不清楚
    航向不明
    下落不明
  3. 3. 动 不懂
    不明事理
    不明是非
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Examples

失踪的渔船至今下落不明。
The whereabouts of the missing fishing boat is still unknown. → 不明
不明事理
lack common sense → 不明
不明是非
confuse right and wrong → 不明
不明真相
be unaware of the truth; be ignorant of the facts → 不明
死得不明不白
meet a mysterious death → 不明不白
堵截不明国籍的飞机
intercept an unidentified airplane → 堵截
来路不明的飞机
unidentified aircraft → 来路
这只能欺骗那些不明真相的人。
This can only deceive those who do not know the truth. or This can only mislead those who are not aware of the facts. → 欺骗
情况不明。
The situation is not clear. → 情况
这个人去向不明。
The whereabouts of this man is unknown. → 去向
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Word Decomposition

不
[bù] 		+ 明
[míng]

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