没什么 沒甚麼 méi shén me it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind / think nothing of it / it's my pleasure / you're welcome syn 剧本 劇本 jù běn script / screenplay / scenario / libretto syn 没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble) syn 场景 場景 chǎng jǐng scene / scenario / situation / setting syn 编剧 編劇 biān jù to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter syn 空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 脚本 腳本 jiǎo běn script / screenplay / scenario / libretto / (computing) script syn 无所作为 無所作為 wú suǒ zuò wéi attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) / without any initiative or drive / feckless syn 没说的 沒說的 méi shuō de nothing to pick on / really good / nothing to discuss / settled matter / no problem 没有什么 沒有甚麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it 不怎么样 不怎麼樣 bù zěn me yàng not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it syn 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 只是 zhǐ shì merely / only / just / nothing but / simply / but / however syn 宝贝 寶貝 bǎo bèi treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character syn 而已 ér yǐ that's all / nothing more syn 无关 無關 wú guān unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else) syn 仅仅 僅僅 jǐn jǐn barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) syn 没事儿 沒事兒 méi shì r to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind syn 独一无二 獨一無二 dú yī wú èr unique and unmatched (idiom) / unrivalled / nothing compares with it syn 何况 何況 hé kuàng let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more syn 大惊小怪 大驚小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) syn 无所事事 無所事事 wú suǒ shì shì to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom) syn 白白 bái bái in vain / to no purpose / for nothing / white syn 完美无缺 完美無缺 wán měi wú quē perfect and without blemish / flawless / to leave nothing to be desired syn 泡汤 泡湯 pào tāng (coll.) to fizzle out / to come to nothing / to dawdle / to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath syn 一事无成 一事無成 yī shì wú chéng to have achieved nothing / to be a total failure / to get nowhere syn 不起眼 bù qǐ yǎn unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary syn 窝囊废 窩囊廢 wō nang fèi (coll.) spineless coward / wimp / a good-for-nothing syn 平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special syn 饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing syn 若无其事 若無其事 ruò wú qí shì (idiom) as if nothing had happened / calm and composed / nonchalant syn 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 一成不变 一成不變 yī chéng bù biàn nothing much changes (idiom) / always the same / stuck in a rut syn 无非 無非 wú fēi only / nothing else syn 家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn 殆尽 殆盡 dài jìn almost exhausted / nearly depleted / practically nothing left syn 莫过于 莫過於 mò guò yú nothing can surpass syn 废料 廢料 fèi liào waste products / refuse / garbage / good-for-nothing (derog.) syn 白手起家 bái shǒu qǐ jiā (idiom) to build up from nothing / to start from scratch syn 亲密无间 親密無間 qīn mì wú jiān close relation, no gap (idiom) / intimate and nothing can come between syn 脓包 膿包 nóng bāo pustule / (fig.) worthless person / a good-for-nothing / useless weakling syn 窝囊 窩囊 wō nang to feel vexed / annoyed / good-for-nothing / stupid and cowardly syn 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 面目全非 miàn mù quán fēi nothing remains the same (idiom) / change beyond recognition syn 草包 cǎo bāo bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf syn 无中生有 無中生有 wú zhōng shēng yǒu to create something from nothing (idiom) syn 微乎其微 wēi hū qí wēi a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom) syn 赤手空拳 chì shǒu kōng quán empty hand, empty fist (idiom) / having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless syn 无异 無異 wú yì nothing other than / to differ in no way from / the same as / to amount to syn 无言 無言 wú yán to remain silent / to have nothing to say 平淡无奇 平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about syn 不了了之 bù liǎo liǎo zhī to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite syn 不在话下 不在話下 bù zài huà xià to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch syn 空空如也 kōng kōng rú yě as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc) syn 一场空 一場空 yī chǎng kōng all one's hopes and efforts come to nothing / futile syn 告吹 gào chuī to fizzle out / to come to nothing 完备 完備 wán bèi faultless / complete / perfect / to leave nothing to be desired syn 目空一切 mù kōng yī qiè the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom) / arrogant / condescending / supercilious syn 无事生非 無事生非 wú shì shēng fēi to make trouble out of nothing syn 不外乎 bù wài hū nothing else but syn 美不胜收 美不勝收 měi bù shèng shōu nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom) syn 不外 bù wài not beyond the scope of / nothing more than syn 回天乏术 回天乏術 huí tiān fá shù (idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation / beyond recovery syn 无可非议 無可非議 wú kě fēi yì irreproachable (idiom) / nothing blameworthy about it at all syn 白饭 白飯 bái fàn plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it syn 扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn 天网恢恢 天網恢恢 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law syn 其貌不扬 其貌不揚 qí mào bù yáng (idiom) nothing special to look at / unprepossessing syn 不过尔尔 不過爾爾 bù guò ěr ěr not more than so-so (idiom) / mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary syn 只不过 只不過 zhǐ bu guò only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ... syn 没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it 罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) syn 不该 不該 bù gāi should not / to owe nothing 没有办法 沒有辦法 méi yǒu bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it 别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of / not to mention / let alone 在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else) 拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye / also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc / (coll.) to part ways (with sb) / (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) syn 落空 luò kōng to fail / to fall through / to come to nothing syn 不相干 bù xiāng gān to be irrelevant / to have nothing to do with syn 小混混 xiǎo hùn hùn hooligan / rogue / a good-for-nothing 无物 無物 wú wù nothing / empty 天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) / fearless 乏善可陈 乏善可陳 fá shàn kě chén to be nothing to write home about (idiom) 无成 無成 wú chéng achieving nothing 闲居 閑居 xián jū to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life syn 无干 無干 wú gān to have nothing to do with syn 无出其右 無出其右 wú chū qí yòu matchless / without equal / there is nothing better syn 无何 無何 wú hé nothing else / soon / before long 不成材 bù chéng cái worthless / good-for-nothing syn 一无所获 一無所獲 yī wú suǒ huò to gain nothing / to end up empty-handed syn 无话可说 無話可說 wú huà kě shuō to have nothing to say (idiom) 一刀两断 一刀兩斷 yī dāo liǎng duàn (idiom) to make a clean break with / to have nothing more to do with syn 普普通通 pǔ pǔ tōng tōng ordinary / mediocre / nothing special syn 撒手不管 sǎ shǒu bù guǎn to stand aside and do nothing (idiom) / to take no part in syn 无奇不有 無奇不有 wú qí bù yǒu nothing is too bizarre / full of extraordinary things syn 无坚不摧 無堅不摧 wú jiān bù cuī no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom) / to conquer every obstacle / nothing one can't do / to carry everything before one syn 凭空捏造 憑空捏造 píng kōng niē zào fabrication relying on nothing (idiom) / frame-up syn 喝西北风 喝西北風 hē xī běi fēng lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry / to have nothing to eat syn 