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"there are plenty" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
多得是 duō de shì there's no shortage / there are plenty
Chinese Pinyin Translation
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
三个和尚没水喝 三個和尚沒水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of / there's no lack of syn
大有人在 dà yǒu rén zài there are plenty of such people syn
天涯何处无芳草 天涯何處無芳草 tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
还有 還有 hái yǒu there still remain(s) / there is (or are) still / in addition syn
有人 yǒu rén someone / people / anyone / there is someone there / occupied (as in restroom)
有始有终 有始有終 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn
愚公移山 yú gōng yí shān the old man moves mountains (idiom) / fig. where there's a will, there's a way syn
善始善终 善始善終 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn
不平则鸣 不平則鳴 bù píng zé míng where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice syn
有志者事竟成 yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng a really determined person will find a solution (idiom) / where there's a will, there's a way
来日方长 來日方長 lái rì fāng cháng the future is long (idiom) / there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there
有志竟成 yǒu zhì jìng chéng persevere and you will succeed (idiom) / where there's a will, there's a way syn
有头有尾 有頭有尾 yǒu tóu yǒu wěi where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn
无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
有所得必有所失 yǒu suǒ dé bì yǒu suǒ shī there is no gain without a loss (idiom) / there is no such thing as a free meal
上有天堂，下有苏杭 上有天堂，下有蘇杭 shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu sū háng lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom) / fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
开弓没有回头箭 開弓沒有回頭箭 kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
山外有山，天外有天 shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
吃别人嚼过的馍不香 吃別人嚼過的饃不香 chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
无利不起早 無利不起早 wú lì bù qǐ zǎo (saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself
天府 tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty syn
充裕 chōng yù abundant / ample / plenty / abundance syn
宽裕 寬裕 kuān yù comfortably off / ample / plenty syn
天府之国 天府之國 tiān fǔ zhī guó land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan) syn
优裕 優裕 yōu yù plenty / abundance syn
丰足 豐足 fēng zú abundant / plenty syn
身在福中不知福 shēn zài fú zhōng bù zhī fú to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom) / not to know when one is well off
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
有的 yǒu de (there are) some (who are...) / some (exist) syn
共有 gòng yǒu in total there are ... / to own jointly syn
那里 那裡 nà li there / that place syn
以为 以為 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) syn
没有什么 沒有甚麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it
那边 那邊 nà bian over there / yonder syn
有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth / to have sth on one's mind / there is something the matter
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been / has never had / (before a verb) has never
不妨 bù fáng there is no harm in / might as well syn
何必 hé bì there is no need / why should syn
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth) syn
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
那儿 那兒 nà r there syn
无不 無不 wú bù none lacking / none missing / everything is there / everyone without exception syn
大有 dà yǒu there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[da4you3-xi1wang4]) / (literary) bumper harvest / abundance syn
独有 獨有 dú yǒu to own exclusively / unique to / specific / there is only
不乏 bù fá there is no lack of syn
存有 cún yǒu to hold in storage / to retain / to harbor (feelings) / to entertain (sentiments) / (of abstract things) to exist / there is syn
不忙 bù máng there's no hurry / take one's time
有 yǒu to have / there is / (bound form) having / with / -ful / -ed / -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional) syn
此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) syn
特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
何妨 hé fáng what harm is there in (doing sth) syn
莫不 mò bù none doesn't / there is none who isn't / everyone syn
有目共睹 yǒu mù gòng dǔ anyone with eyes can see it (idiom) / obvious to all / sth speaks for itself / is there for all to see syn
何乐而不为 何樂而不為 hé lè ér bù wéi what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth) syn
一发不可收拾 一發不可收拾 yī fā bù kě shōu shi once it gets started there's no stopping it
何须 何須 hé xū there is no need / why should syn
吃住 chī zhù food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
旁若无人 旁若無人 páng ruò wú rén to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others syn
凉拌 涼拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4])
一蹴而就 yī cù ér jiù to get there in one step (idiom) / easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight syn
不着边际 不著邊際 bù zhuó biān jì not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant syn
碍眼 礙眼 ài yǎn to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there) syn
空载 空載 kōng zài (of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil)
爱莫能助 愛莫能助 ài mò néng zhù unable to help however much one would like to (idiom) / Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied. syn
事不宜迟 事不宜遲 shì bù yí chí the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose syn
心有余而力不足 心有餘而力不足 xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak syn
别无他法 別無他法 bié wú tā fǎ there is no alternative
武侯祠 wǔ hóu cí temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
无出其右 無出其右 wú chū qí yòu matchless / without equal / there is nothing better syn
既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom) / to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk. syn
没有必要 沒有必要 méi yǒu bì yào there is no need to (do sth)
临场感 臨場感 lín chǎng gǎn the feeling of actually being there
毫无二致 毫無二致 háo wú èr zhì there cannot be another one like it syn
等而下之 děng ér xià zhī going from there to lower grades (idiom) syn
强中自有强中手 強中自有強中手 qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu (idiom) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger
莫 mò do not / there is none who syn
罔 wǎng to deceive / there is none / old variant of 網|网[wang3] syn
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
不破不立 bù pò bù lì without destruction there can be no construction
身临其境 身臨其境 shēn lín qí jìng (idiom) to experience it for oneself / to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc) syn
一分为二 一分為二 yī fēn wéi èr one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom) syn
一蹴而得 yī cù ér dé to get there in one step (idiom) / easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
人多势众 人多勢眾 rén duō shì zhòng many men, a great force (idiom) / many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers. syn
侯门似海 侯門似海 hóu mén sì hǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
劫数难逃 劫數難逃 jié shù nán táo Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
学无止境 學無止境 xué wú zhǐ jìng no end to learning (idiom) / There's always something new to study. / You live and learn.
完事大吉 wán shì dà jí everything is finished (idiom) / And there you are!
强将手下无弱兵 強將手下無弱兵 qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
有目共见 有目共見 yǒu mù gòng jiàn anyone with eyes can see it (idiom) / obvious to all / sth speaks for itself / is there for all to see
生财有道 生財有道 shēng cái yǒu dào lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom) / fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest syn
空洞无物 空洞無物 kōng dòng wú wù empty cave, nothing there (idiom) / devoid of substance / nothing new to show syn
置之死地而后生 置之死地而後生 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1zi3 Bing1fa3]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle / to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger / to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
覆水难收 覆水難收 fù shuǐ nán shōu spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting syn
所剩无几 所剩無機 suǒ shèng wú jǐ there is not much left syn
一物降一物 yī wù xiáng yī wù lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
鞍前马后 鞍前馬後 ān qián mǎ hòu to follow everywhere / to always be there for sb at their beck and call
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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