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Chinese Pinyin Translation
从没 從沒 cóng méi never (in the past) / never did syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
从来 從來 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) syn
未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn
从未 從未 cóng wèi never 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
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
从不 從不 cóng bù never syn
永不 yǒng bù never / will never syn
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but syn
从来不 從來不 cóng lái bù never syn
也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or... / never mind / fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) syn
老好人 lǎo hǎo rén one who tries never to offend anybody syn
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn
永无止境 永無止境 yǒng wú zhǐ jìng (idiom) without end / never-ending
并未 並未 bìng wèi (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ... / has not actually ... syn
乐此不疲 樂此不疲 lè cǐ bù pí to enjoy sth and never tire of it (idiom) syn
空前绝后 空前絕後 kōng qián jué hòu unprecedented and never to be duplicated / the first and the last / unmatched / unique syn
永垂不朽 yǒng chuí bù xiǔ eternal glory / will never be forgotten syn
祸不单行 禍不單行 huò bù dān xíng misfortune does not come singly (idiom) / it never rains but it pours syn
破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever syn
孜孜不倦 zī zī bù juàn lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom) / continuous concentrated effort / assiduous (in study) / to concentrate syn
增生 zēng shēng (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received
素昧平生 sù mèi píng shēng to have never met sb before (idiom) / entirely unacquainted / a complete stranger / not to know sb from Adam syn
不衰 bù shuāi unfailing / never weakening / enduring / unstoppable syn
见异思迁 見異思遷 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom) / loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has syn
绝后 絕後 jué hòu to have no offspring / never to be seen again / unique syn
不绝于耳 不絕於耳 bù jué yú ěr (of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on syn
神交 shén jiāo soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with syn
一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
土鳖 土鱉 tǔ biē ground beetle / (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has never studied overseas / (dialect) country bumpkin
从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never / has never
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been / has never had / (before a verb) has never
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about?
未有 wèi yǒu is not / has never been / never occurring / unprecedented
何曾 hé céng did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
不打紧 不打緊 bù dǎ jǐn unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind
勿忘国耻 勿忘國恥 wù wàng guó chǐ Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
前所未见 前所未見 qián suǒ wèi jiàn unprecedented / never seen before syn
贪得无厌 貪得無厭 tān dé wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn
欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn
时不再来 時不再來 shí bù zài lái Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom) syn
经久不衰 經久不衰 jīng jiǔ bù shuāi unfailing / never-ending syn
贪婪无厌 貪婪無厭 tān lán wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied 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.
胯下之辱 kuà xià zhī rǔ lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom) / fig. (endure) utter humiliation
百足之虫死而不僵 百足之蟲死而不僵 bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng a centipede dies but never falls down / old institutions die hard
兵不厌诈 兵不厭詐 bīng bù yàn zhà there can never be too much deception in war / in war nothing is too deceitful / all's fair in war
功高不赏 功高不賞 gōng gāo bù shǎng high merit that one can never repay (idiom) / invaluable achievements
博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì mǎi lǘ lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom) / fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point / idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
哀莫大于心死 哀莫大於心死 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy
户枢不蠹 戶樞不蠹 hù shū bù dù lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom) syn
断线风筝 斷線風箏 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) syn
旷古未有 曠古未有 kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented
旷古未闻 曠古未聞 kuàng gǔ wèi wén never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented / also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
祸不旋踵 禍不旋踵 huò bù xuán zhǒng trouble is never far away (idiom)
积不相能 積不相能 jī bù xiāng néng (idiom) always at loggerheads / never able to agree with sb / unable to get on with sb syn
行不由径 行不由徑 xíng bù yóu jìng lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom) / fig. upright and honest
贪心不足 貪心不足 tān xīn bù zú avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn
贪猥无厌 貪猥無厭 tān wěi wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied
转战千里 轉戰千里 zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom) / constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle
迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé meandering and circuitous (idiom) / complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles
亘古未有 亙古未有 gèn gǔ wèi yǒu unprecedented / never seen since ancient times syn
人心不足蛇吞象 rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
树欲静而风不止 樹欲靜而風不止 shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom) / fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
猴年马月 猴年馬月 hóu nián mǎ yuè long time off / time that will never come
福无双至 福無雙至 fú wú shuāng zhì (idiom) blessings never come in pairs
永无宁日 永無寧日 yǒng wú níng rì (in such circumstances) there will be no peace / one can never breathe easy
天无绝人之路 天無絕人之路 tiān wú jué rén zhī lù Heaven never bars one's way (idiom) / don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die.
前无古人，后无来者 前無古人，後無來者 qián wú gǔ rén , hòu wú lái zhě there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless
不匮 不匱 bù kuì (literary) to never have a deficiency / to never be lacking
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen? / What's wrong? / What went wrong? / What's up?
穷二代 窮二代 qióng èr dài those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s / see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
肄业证书 肄業證書 yì yè zhèng shū certificate of partial completion / certificate of attendance (for a student who did not graduate)
素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
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)
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de you're most welcome / sure thing! / I did what I was supposed to do
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
断片儿 斷片兒 duàn piàn r (coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout / to be unable to recall what one did while drunk
蛋炒饭节 蛋炒飯節 dàn chǎo fàn jié Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
没甚么 沒甚麼 méi shén me nothing / it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind
别让我走 別讓我走 bié ràng wǒ zǒu never
黄鹤楼 黃鶴樓 huáng hè lóu Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
肉包子打狗 ròu bāo zǐ dǎ gǒu what's gone can never come back
不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 不做虧心事，不怕鬼敲門 bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bù pà guǐ qiāo mén he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night / you can rest with a clear conscience
不提也罢 不提也罷 bù tí yě bà best not to mention it / drop it / never mind / let's not talk about it
今日事今日毕 今日事今日畢 jīn rì shì jīn rì bì never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
兔子不吃窝边草 兔子不吃窩邊草 tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
冻容 凍容 dòng róng "youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
四体不勤，五谷不分 四體不勤，五穀不分 sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom) / living as a parasite
压而不服 壓而不服 yā ér bù fú coercion will never convince (idiom)
太阳永不落 太陽永不落 tài yáng yǒng bù luò (on which) the sun never sets
好故事百听不厌 好故事百聽不厭 hǎo gù shi bǎi tīng bù yàn The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new.
平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚 píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
爱莫大于心死 愛莫大於心死 ài mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing more sad than a withered heart / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / (popular culture misquotation of 哀莫大於心死|哀莫大于心死, saying attributed to Confuciu
承望 chéng wàng to expect (often in negative combination, I never expected...) / to look forward to syn
株守 zhū shǒu to stick to sth stubbornly / never let go
永志不忘 yǒng zhì bù wàng never to be forgotten syn
求学无坦途 求學無坦途 qiú xué wú tǎn tú The path of learning can never be smooth. / There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)
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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