不 不
痛 痛
不 不
痒 癢
- 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
Info
- Wiktionary: 不痛不痒
- MDBG: 不痛不痒
- Examples with 不痛不痒 on Tatoeba
- Percentile: 2 (higher is more common)
- Tags: chengyu