不悱不发 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 不悱不發 bùfěibùfā ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ 男 女 a student should not be guided until he has made an effort to express his thoughts (idiom) Character by character 不(bù)no 悱(fěi)want to articulate one's thoughts but be unable to 不(bù)no 发(fā)send out A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0