情不自禁 qíng bù zì jīn (idiom) cannot refrain from / cannot help / cannot but syn 汉贼不两立 漢賊不兩立 hàn zéi bù liǎng lì lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist" 千篇一律 qiān piān yī lǜ thousand articles, same rule (idiom) / stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all syn 忽略不计 忽略不計 hū lüè bù jì to disregard (sth seen as negligible) / to neglect (sth seen as insignificant) 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 君子远庖厨 君子遠庖廚 jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 不容 bù róng must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate syn 得不到 dé bù dào cannot get / cannot obtain syn 不堪 bù kān cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely syn 达不到 達不到 dá bù dào cannot achieve / cannot reach 少不得 shǎo bu dé cannot be avoided / cannot do without syn 来不得 來不得 lái bu dé cannot allow (to be present) / cannot admit syn 不免一死 bù miǎn yī sǐ cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal 负担不起 負擔不起 fù dān bu qǐ cannot afford / cannot bear the burden 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom) 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生 yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb) / fig. cannot be easily eliminated / abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1] 水浅养不住大鱼 水淺養不住大魚 shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) / fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥 rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed 见过 見過 jiàn guò have seen 常见 常見 cháng jiàn commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently syn 可见 可見 kě jiàn it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible syn 背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn 罕见 罕見 hǎn jiàn rare / rarely seen syn 少见 少見 shǎo jiàn rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you syn 由此可见 由此可見 yóu cǐ kě jiàn from this, it can be seen that... syn 见闻 見聞 jiàn wén what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience syn 班次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period) 绝无仅有 絕無僅有 jué wú jǐn yǒu one and only (idiom) / rarely seen / unique of its kind syn 见怪不怪 見怪不怪 jiàn guài bù guài to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all / to be well accustomed (to sth) syn 见不得 見不得 jiàn bu dé not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see 绝后 絕後 jué hòu to have no offspring / never to be seen again / unique syn 生僻 shēng pì unfamiliar / rarely seen syn 航次 háng cì air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item) / flight / voyage / CL:個|个[ge4] 散见 散見 sǎn jiàn seen periodically 被视为 被視為 bèi shì wéi to be viewed as / to be seen as / to be considered to be / to be deemed 奇花异草 奇花異草 qí huā yì cǎo very rarely seen, unusual (idiom) syn 少见多怪 少見多怪 shǎo jiàn duō guài lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication / naive / unworldy syn 亘古未有 亙古未有 gèn gǔ wèi yǒu unprecedented / never seen since ancient times syn 不像样 不像樣 bù xiàng yàng in no shape to be seen / unpresentable / beyond recognition 从外表来看 從外表來看 cóng wài biǎo lái kàn looking from the outside / seen from the outside 不见一点踪影 不見一點蹤影 bù jiàn yī diǎn zōng yǐng no trace to be seen 前所未见 前所未見 qián suǒ wèi jiàn unprecedented / never seen before syn 后影 後影 hòu yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn 患难见真情 患難見真情 huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties 愧难见人 愧難見人 kuì nán jiàn rén to be ashamed to be seen in public (idiom) 拿出手 ná chū shǒu not presentable / not fit to be seen in company 李英儒 lǐ yīng rú Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists 视听材料 視聽材料 shì tīng cái liào evidence of material seen and heard / oral testimony 躲年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve) 难得一见 難得一見 nán dé yī jiàn rarely seen syn 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲 céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què wū shān bù shì yún there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things 猪仔包 豬仔包 zhū zǎi bāo a French-style bread, similar to a small baguette, commonly seen in Hong Kong and Macao 不见兔子不撒鹰 不見兔子不撒鷹 bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom) / one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed 尝粪 嘗糞 cháng fèn to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety) / to suck up to sb / to kiss ass 好戏还在后头 好戲還在後頭 hǎo xì hái zài hòu tou the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet 习见 習見 xí jiàn commonly seen 正脸 正臉 zhèng liǎn a person's face as seen from the front 随处可见 隨處可見 suí chù kě jiàn can be seen everywhere 人矿 人礦 rén kuàng (neologism c. 2023) (slang) the Chinese people, seen as a resource that is exploited for its value to the nation 率性 shuài xìng to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive") 不能 bù néng cannot / must not / should not syn 不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn 不得 bù dé must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot syn 不可 bù kě cannot / should not / must not syn 不可能 bù kě néng impossible / cannot / not able 不足 bù zú insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not syn 不得不 bù dé bù have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid syn 忍不住 rěn bu zhù cannot help / unable to bear syn 不懂 bù dǒng not to understand / cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement) / incomprehension 会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not 能不能 néng bù néng can or cannot? / Is it possible? / Can we do it? 未能 wèi néng cannot / to fail to / unable to syn 无所谓 無所謂 wú suǒ wèi to be indifferent / not to matter / cannot be said to be syn 不由得 bù yóu de can't help / cannot but syn 不能不 bù néng bù have to / cannot but syn 不忍 bù rěn cannot bear to syn 不胜 不勝 bù shèng cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely syn 不敌 不敵 bù dí no match for / cannot beat 忘不了 wàng bù liǎo cannot forget 少不了 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many syn 冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4] 会否 會否 huì fǒu can or cannot / is it possible? 顾不上 顧不上 gù bu shàng cannot attend to or manage syn 惨不忍睹 慘不忍睹 cǎn bù rěn dǔ lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom) / fig. miserable / horrendous / atrocious syn 看不惯 看不慣 kàn bu guàn cannot bear to see / to hate / to dislike / to disapprove syn 赶不上 趕不上 gǎn bù shàng can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake 难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it syn 不计其数 不計其數 bù jì qí shù lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom) / fig. countless / innumerable syn 功不可没 功不可沒 gōng bù kě mò one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom) 你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist syn 想不开 想不開 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles syn 由不得 yóu bù de cannot help / to be beyond control of 由不得 yóu bu de cannot help / to be beyond control of 说不过去 說不過去 shuō bu guò qù cannot be justified / inexcusable syn 忍俊不禁 rěn jùn bù jīn cannot help laughing / unable to restrain a smile syn 保不住 bǎo bu zhù cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well 难不倒 難不倒 nán bù dǎo not to pose a problem for sb / cannot stump sb 不迭 bù dié cannot cope / find it too much / incessantly syn 