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不痛不痒
bù tòng bù yǎng
What 不痛不痒 means
- lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what
- fig. not getting to any matter of substance
- scratching the surface
- superficial
- perfunctory
The characters in 不痛不痒
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 痒yǎngto itch; to tickle
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