遇人不淑 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to be in a relationship with or marry a bad person
• to associate with a bad person

Character by character

• 遇yùto meet, to encounter, to come across
• 人rénman, person; people
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 淑shūgood, pure, virtuous; charming

Idioms sharing a character

• 怀才不遇 huái cái bù yù
• 知遇之恩 zhī yù zhī ēn
• 遇事生风 yù shì shēng fēng
• 随遇而安 suí yù ér ān
• 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
• 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
• 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
• 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
• 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
• 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén

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