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" 歇心 xiē xīn to drop the matter / to stop worrying 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 摆烂 擺爛 bǎi làn (neologism c. 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed) / to let it all go to hell / (sports) to tank 堪忧 堪憂 kān yōu worrying / bleak syn 虱多不痒 蝨多不癢 shī duō bù yǎng many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom) / no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others / Troubles never come singly. / It never rains but it pours. 船到桥门自会直 船到橋門自會直 chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem / no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom) 忧灼 憂灼 yōu zhuó worrying 船到桥门，自会直 船到橋門，自會直 chuán dào qiáo mén , zì huì zhí lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem / no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom) 虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 虱子多了不癢，債多了不愁 shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth) 债多不愁 債多不愁 zhài duō - bù chóu lit. when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth) 虱多不痒 蝨多不癢 shī duō - bù yǎng lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth) 制止 zhì zhǐ to curb / to put a stop to / to stop / to check / to limit syn 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 停工 tíng gōng to stop work / to shut down / to stop production 停靠站 tíng kào zhàn bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover 浅尝辄止 淺嚐輒止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom) / fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop syn 欲罢不能 欲罷不能 yù bà bù néng want to stop but can't (idiom) / to be unable to stop oneself / to feel an urge to continue 停酒止乐 停酒止樂 tíng jiǔ zhǐ yuè stop the wine and stop the music (idiom) 嘎然 gā rán (onom.) screech of a sudden stop / suddenly stop (of sounds) / crisply and clearly (of sounds) 杜绝结核病倡议 杜絕結核病倡議 Stop Tuberculosis Initiative / Stop TB Initiative 移动式路障 移動式路障 mobile stop / movable stop 止损 止損 zhǐ sǔn (finance) stop-loss / to sell a security in response to its price dropping to one's stop-loss point 止損點|止损点[zhi3 sun3 dian3] 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 不共戴天 bù gòng dài tiān (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky / absolutely irreconcilable syn 下不来 下不來 xià bù lái awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished syn 打不通 dǎ bu tōng cannot get through (on phone) 未可 wèi kě cannot 势不两立 勢不兩立 shì bù liǎng lì the two cannot exist together (idiom) / irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints syn 顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other 怨不得 yuàn bu de cannot blame / no wonder syn 不克 bù kè cannot / to not be able (to) / to be unable to 使不得 shǐ bu de cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable syn 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 莫衷一是 mò zhōng yī shì unable to reach a decision (idiom) / cannot agree on the right choice / no unanimous decision / still a matter of discussion syn 难辞其咎 難辭其咎 nán cí qí jiù cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame 无可置疑 無可置疑 wú kě zhì yí cannot be doubted (idiom) syn 架不住 jià bu zhù (coll.) unable to withstand / cannot bear / can't stand it / no match for syn 鞭长莫及 鞭長莫及 biān cháng mò jí lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom) / beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help syn 不识时务 不識時務 bù shí shí wù to show no understanding of the times (idiom) / cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason syn 不谓 不謂 bù wèi cannot be deemed / unexpectedly 木已成舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone syn 目不识丁 目不識丁 mù bù shí dīng lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom) / totally illiterate syn 誓不两立 誓不兩立 shì bù liǎng lì the two cannot exist together (idiom) / irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints syn 毫无二致 毫無二致 háo wú èr zhì there cannot be another one like it syn 买不起 買不起 mǎi bu qǐ cannot afford / can't afford buying 酒酸不售 jiǔ suān bù shòu "The wine´s gone bad and it cannot be sold" 不敢高攀 bù gǎn gāo pān lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term) / I cannot presume on your attention 不知者不罪 bù zhī zhě bù zuì One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible 