不善

bùshàn
  1. bad
  2. ill
  3. not good at
  4. not to be pooh-poohed
  5. quite impressive

CEDICT

  1. (regional) extraordinary; impressive
  2. extraordinary; impressive
  3. not good; poor; insufficient
  4. to not be good at something

Wiktionary

  1. 不好。
  2. 不擅长。
  3. 形容一场恶战。

重編國語辭典

Examples

他不善于记人名。

He's not good at remembering names.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
2 善 shàn
  1. good (virtuous)
  2. benevolent
  3. well-disposed
  4. good at sth
  5. to improve or perfect

Containing this entry

来者不善，善者不来 láizhěbùshàn,shànzhěbùlái
  1. He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
  2. Be careful not to trust foreigners.
  3. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
不善言辞 bùshànyáncí

Related entries

坏 huài
  1. bad
  2. spoiled
  3. broken
  4. to break down
  5. (suffix) to the utmost
你是个坏孩子。

You're a bad child.

Source: Tatoeba

寙 yǔ
  1. bad
  2. useless
  3. weak
差劲 chàjìn
  1. bad
  2. no good
  3. below average
  4. disappointing
汤姆是个差劲的教练。

Tom was a bad coach.

Source: Tatoeba

歹 dǎi
  1. bad
  2. wicked
  3. evil
  4. Kangxi radical 78
窳 yǔ
  1. bad
  2. useless
  3. weak
瓤 ráng
  1. pulp (of fruit)
  2. sth inside a covering
  3. bad
  4. weak
赖 lài
  1. to depend on
  2. to hang on in a place
  3. bad
  4. to renege (on promise)
  5. to disclaim
  6. to rat (on debts)
  7. rascally
  8. to blame
  9. to put the blame on
你要不要成为可信赖用户？

Would you like to become a trusted user?

Source: Tatoeba

错 cuò
  1. mistake
  2. wrong
  3. bad
  4. interlocking
  5. complex
  6. to grind
  7. to polish
  8. to alternate
  9. to stagger
  10. to miss
  11. to let slip
  12. to evade
  13. to inlay with gold or silver
我錯了嗎？

Am I wrong?

Source: Tatoeba

反面 fǎnmiàn
  1. reverse side
  2. backside
  3. the other side (of a problem etc)
  4. negative
  5. bad
你把书拿反了，这是反面，这才是正面。

You're holding the book upside-down. This is upside-down and this is right-side up.

Source: Tatoeba

糟糕 zāogāo
  1. too bad
  2. how terrible
  3. what bad luck
  4. terrible
  5. bad
糟糕啊！

Terrible!

Source: Tatoeba

臭 chòu
  1. stench
  2. smelly
  3. to smell (bad)
  4. repulsive
  5. loathsome
  6. terrible
  7. bad
  8. severely
  9. ruthlessly
  10. dud (ammunition)
你臭死了！

You stink!

Source: Tatoeba

欠安 qiànān ill (euphemism)
瘏 tú
  1. be injured
  2. ill (of animals)