不修边幅 — Chinese idiom
不修边幅
bù xiū biān fú
Traditional: 不修邊幅
Meaning
- not care about one's appearance
- slovenly in dress and manner
Character by character
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 修xiūto study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate
- 边biānborder, edge, margin, side
- 幅fúpiece, roll, strip; breadth, width; measure word f
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
- 一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu
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