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" 不容 bù róng must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate syn 看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see / cannot be seen / invisible 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 肖想 xiào xiǎng (Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have) / to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn]) 保密 bǎo mì to keep sth confidential / to maintain secrecy syn 认定 認定 rèn dìng to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with syn 使不得 shǐ bu de cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable syn 虚不受补 虛不受補 xū bù shòu bǔ a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic 即可 jí kě equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice 乐意 樂意 lè yì to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied syn 换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else) 改换 改換 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else) syn 塞给 塞給 sāi gěi to slip sb sth / to press sb to accept sth / to insert surreptitiously / to foist sth off on sb 异事 異事 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible 保持 bǎo chí to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve syn 维护 維護 wéi hù to defend / to safeguard / to protect / to uphold / to maintain syn 维修 維修 wéi xiū maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain 维持 維持 wéi chí to keep / to maintain / to preserve syn 保健 bǎo jiàn health protection / health care / to maintain in good health syn 保养 保養 bǎo yǎng to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance syn 养生 養生 yǎng shēng to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc) syn 养护 養護 yǎng hù to maintain / to conserve / curing (concrete etc) syn 保全 bǎo quán to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard syn 维系 維繫 wéi xì to maintain / to keep up / to hold together syn 养颜 養顏 yǎng yán to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance 独立自主 獨立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs syn 严守 嚴守 yán shǒu to strictly maintain syn 赡养 贍養 shàn yǎng to support / to provide support for / to maintain syn 退守 tuì shǒu to retreat and defend / to withdraw and maintain one's guard 受持 shòu chí to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism) 纠察 糾察 jiū chá to maintain order / steward (policing a meeting) 持 chí to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control syn 维 維 wéi to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4]) 执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly syn 撑 撐 chēng to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support syn 秉 bǐng to grasp / to hold / to maintain syn 摆摊子 擺攤子 bǎi tān zi to set up a stall / (fig.) to maintain a large staff and organization syn 力保 lì bǎo to seek to protect / to ensure / to maintain / to guard syn 持守 chí shǒu to maintain / to adhere to / to observe (an injunction etc) 答数 答數 dá shù numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale) syn 车奴 車奴 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car 养地 養地 yǎng dì to maintain the land (with rotation of crops or fertilizer) 取得并保持 取得並保持 attain and maintain 保八 bǎo bā to maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP (PRC policy) 抱持 bào chí to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing) 维稳 維穩 wéi wěn to maintain social stability 有则改之，无则加勉 有則改之，無則加勉 yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom) 冻龄 凍齡 dòng líng to maintain a youthful appearance 偶像包袱 ǒu xiàng bāo fu burden of having to maintain one's image as a pop idol 驻颜 駐顏 zhù yán to maintain a youthful appearance 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 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 