不爽

bùshuǎng

adjective

Meanings

1 unhappy; in a bad mood (colloquial)
2 not feeling well
3 (literary) without discrepancy; accurate

Characters

comfortable; refreshing

Examples

他今天心里很不爽。

Tā jīntiān xīnlǐ hěn bùshuǎng.

He's in a really bad mood today.

听到这个消息，她浑身不爽。

Tīngdào zhège xiāoxī, tā húnshēn bùshuǎng.

Hearing the news, she felt out of sorts all over.

屡试不爽。

Lǚ shì bù shuǎng.

Tried repeatedly without fail. (literary set phrase)

Tips

mistakes

Two opposite-feeling senses: in everyday speech 不爽 = displeased / not feeling great; in literary set phrases like 屡试不爽 (tried many times without fail), 爽 means 'discrepancy' so 不爽 = 'no discrepancy / unfailing.'

Stroke Order

不 bù

爽 shuǎng