不妙

(of a turn of events) not too encouraging

far from good

anything but reassuring

something is to pay

不妙[bùmiào]

-notgoingwell;farfromgood;(ofaturnofevents)nottooencouraging;anythingbutreassuring:
willcometonogoodend;结果不妙
Thingsweregettingprettyhot.形势不妙。

股票价格一跌落，我就开始察觉到情况有些不妙。
The first inkling I had that all was not well was when the share prices began to fall.

前途似乎有点不妙。
The future does not seem very hopeful.

这些交易数额欠佳，预示公司前景不妙。
The bad trading figures do not bode well for the company's future.

若非认识我们这位好朋友，我们的生活一定十分不妙。
Our lives would have been greatly impoverished, if we had not known our dear friend.

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