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"impossible to unravel" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
扑朔迷离 撲朔迷離 pū shuò mí lí impossible to unravel / confusing syn
纠缠不清 糾纏不清 jiū chán bù qīng hopelessly muddled / impossible to unravel
Chinese Pinyin Translation
羊触藩篱 羊觸藩籬 yáng chù fān lí lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
羝羊触藩 羝羊觸藩 dī yáng chù fān lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
张飞打岳飞 張飛打岳飛 zhāng fēi dǎ yuè fēi lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei / fig. an impossible combination / an impossible turn of events (idiom)
择不开 擇不開 zhái bu kāi impossible to separate / impossible to disentangle / cannot take time out
没有什么不可能 沒有甚麼不可能 méi yǒu shén me bù kě néng nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
破解 pò jiě to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software)
绎 繹 yì continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old)
爬梳 pá shū to comb through (historical documents etc) / to unravel
抽丝剥茧 抽絲剝繭 chōu sī - bō jiǎn lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) / fig. to unravel a mystery / to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter
不可能 bù kě néng impossible / cannot / not able
相提并论 相提並論 xiāng tí bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) syn
深不可测 深不可測 shēn bù kě cè deep and unmeasurable (idiom) / unfathomable depths / incomprehensible / enigmatic and impossible to predict syn
办不到 辦不到 bàn bu dào impossible / can't be done / no can do / unable to accomplish syn
无懈可击 無懈可擊 wú xiè kě jī (idiom) impossible to fault / impeccable syn
防不胜防 防不勝防 fáng bù shèng fáng (idiom) virtually impossible to prevent
进退两难 進退兩難 jìn tuì liǎng nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation syn
骑虎难下 騎虎難下 qí hǔ nán xià if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom) / fig. impossible to stop halfway syn
绝处逢生 絕處逢生 jué chǔ féng shēng to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament syn
寡不敌众 寡不敵眾 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom) syn
进退维谷 進退維谷 jìn tuì wéi gǔ no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation syn
插翅难飞 插翅難飛 chā chì nán fēi lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom) / fig. impossible to escape syn
缘木求鱼 緣木求魚 yuán mù qiú yú lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) / fig. to attempt the impossible syn
精卫填海 精衛填海 jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds syn
势成骑虎 勢成騎虎 shì chéng qí hǔ if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom) / fig. impossible to stop halfway syn
不可端倪 bù kě duān ní impossible to get even an outline (idiom) / unfathomable / not a clue
以卵击石 以卵擊石 yǐ luǎn jī shí lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom) / to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
拟于不伦 擬於不倫 nǐ yú bù lún to draw an impossible comparison
进退为难 進退為難 jìn tuì wéi nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
螳臂当车 螳臂當車 táng bì dāng chē lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible / also written 螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车[tang2 bi4 dang3 che1] syn
不可解 bù kě jiě insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
做不到 zuò bù dào impossible
势不可当 勢不可當 shì bù kě dāng impossible to resist (idiom) / an irresistible force syn
几乎不可能 幾乎不可能 jī hū bù kě néng almost impossible
没门儿 沒門兒 méi mén r no way / impossible syn
活不下去 huó bù xià qu impossible to make a living
玉珉 yù mín jade and jade-like stone / impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom)
绝望的境地 絕望的境地 jué wàng de jìng dì desperate straits / impossible situation
开交 開交 kāi jiāo (used with negative) to conclude / (impossible) to end / (can't) finish
挥之不去 揮之不去 huī zhī bù qù impossible to get rid of syn
言不可传 言不可傳 yán bù kě chuán impossible to put into words / inexpressible
知其不可而为之 知其不可而為之 zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)
一发而不可收 一發而不可收 yī fā ér bù kě shōu to be impossible to stop once started
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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