从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been / has never had / (before a verb) has never 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 放过 放過 fàng guò to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth 从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never / has never 永不 yǒng bù never / will never syn 未有 wèi yǒu is not / has never been / never occurring / unprecedented 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. 不匮 不匱 bù kuì (literary) to never have a deficiency / to never be lacking 从没 從沒 cóng méi never (in the past) / never did syn 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 算了 suàn le let it be / let it pass / forget about it 不问 不問 bù wèn to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off 罢休 罷休 bà xiū to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop syn 不依 bù yī not to comply / not to go along with / not to let off easily / not to let sb get away with it syn 放任自流 fàng rèn zì liú to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire syn 放 fàng to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks) syn 打开天窗说亮话 打開天窗說亮話 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà (let's) not mince words / (let's) not beat about the bush syn 撒 sā to let go / to cast / to let loose / to discharge / to give expression to / (coll.) to pee syn 放一马 放一馬 fàng yī mǎ to let (sb) off / to let (sb) get away with sth 丑话说在前头 醜話說在前頭 chǒu huà shuō zài qián tou let's talk about the unpleasant things first / let's be frank 善罢甘休 善罷甘休 shàn bà - gān xiū (idiom) to let the matter rest / to just let it go / to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative) syn 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 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 从未 從未 cóng wèi never syn 从来 從來 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) syn 从来不 從來不 cóng lái bù never syn 从不 從不 cóng bù 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 也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or... / never mind / fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) syn 不衰 bù shuāi unfailing / never weakening / enduring / unstoppable syn 破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever syn 乐此不疲 樂此不疲 lè cǐ bù pí to enjoy sth and never tire of it (idiom) 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 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 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 孜孜不倦 zī zī bù juàn lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom) / continuous concentrated effort / assiduous (in study) / to concentrate syn 永无止境 永無止境 yǒng wú zhǐ jìng (idiom) without end / never-ending 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 不打紧 不打緊 bù dǎ jǐn unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind 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 绝后 絕後 jué hòu to have no offspring / never to be seen again / unique 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 永垂不朽 yǒng chuí bù xiǔ eternal glory / will never be forgotten syn 老好人 lǎo hǎo rén one who tries never to offend anybody 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 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 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 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom) 神交 shén jiāo soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with syn 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 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 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 时不再来 時不再來 shí bù zài lái Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom) 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 贪得无厌 貪得無厭 tān dé wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn 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 贪婪无厌 貪婪無厭 tān lán wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied syn 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 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 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 前所未见 前所未見 qián suǒ wèi jiàn unprecedented / never seen before syn 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 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) 沒什麼 méi shén me variant of 沒甚麼|没什么, nothing / it doesn't matter / it's nothing / never mind 沾唇 zhān chún to moisten one's lips / to sip (wine, tea etc) / esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff 活到老学到老 活到老學到老 huó dào lǎo xué dào lǎo (proverb) never too old to learn 活到老，学到老 活到老，學到老 huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo One is never too old to learn. (idiom) 