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Chinese Pinyin Translation
不讳 不諱 bù huì without concealing anything / to pass away / to die syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
成事不足，败事有余 成事不足，敗事有餘 chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar syn
来去无踪 來去無蹤 lái qù wú zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and leave without a trace
来无影，去无踪 來無影，去無蹤 lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and go without a trace
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
戳破 chuō pò to puncture / to pierce / (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality)
讳疾忌医 諱疾忌醫 huì jí jì yī hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom) / fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice syn
包藏祸心 包藏禍心 bāo cáng huò xīn to harbor evil intentions (idiom) / concealing malice syn
刀子嘴巴，豆腐心 dāo zi zuǐ ba , dòu fu xīn lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd / sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
苞藏祸心 苞藏禍心 bāo cáng huò xīn to harbor evil intentions (idiom) / concealing malice
一无所有 一無所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu not having anything at all (idiom) / utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together syn
二话不说 二話不說 èr huà bù shuō not saying anything further (idiom) / not raising any objection / without demur syn
孤掌难鸣 孤掌難鳴 gū zhǎng nán míng It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support. syn
一个巴掌拍不响 一個巴掌拍不響 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
马齿徒增 馬齒徒增 mǎ chǐ tú zēng (self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)
坐吃享福 zuò chī xiǎng fú vegetative existence / to consume passively without doing anything useful
挂在嘴上 掛在嘴上 guà zai zuǐ shang to pay lip service to / to keep mentioning (without doing anything) / to blather on about sth
没有规矩，何以成方圆 沒有規矩，何以成方圓 méi yǒu guī jǔ , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán without rules, how can anything be done (idiom) / one must follow some rules
无保留 無保留 wú bǎo liú without reservation / not holding anything back / unconditional
牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶 牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好，全憑綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好，全仗綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 牡丹雖好，終須綠葉扶持 mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
没有规矩，何以成方圆 沒有規矩，何以成方圓 méi yǒu guī ju , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán without rules, how can anything be done (idiom) / one must follow some rules
游惰 遊惰 yóu duò to laze about without doing anything productive
二话不说 二話不說 èr huà - bù shuō (idiom) not saying anything further / not raising any objection / without demur syn
偷拍 tōu pāi to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
直达 直達 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct / nonstop syn
无望 無望 wú wàng without hope / hopeless / without prospects
径自 徑自 jìng zì without leave / without consulting anyone syn
平添 píng tiān to add or gain sth without additional effort / to add sth without good cause syn
不劳而获 不勞而獲 bù láo ér huò (idiom) to reap without sowing / to get sth without working for it / to sponge off others syn
顺产 順產 shùn chǎn to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation)
空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription
不打自招 bù dǎ zì zhāo to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress syn
并行不悖 並行不悖 bìng xíng bù bèi to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict
食古不化 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject syn
师出无名 師出無名 shī chū wú míng lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom) / to act without justification syn
不经意间 不經意間 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently
巧妇难为无米之炊 巧婦難為無米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom) / You won't get anywhere without equipment.
殒身不恤 殞身不恤 yǔn shēn bù xù to die without regrets (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself without hesitation
没头没脸 沒頭沒臉 méi tóu méi liǎn lit. without head, without face (idiom) / fig. frenzily / haphazardly
无的放矢 無的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark
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
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company)
学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆 xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dài To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)
空穴来风未必无因 空穴來風未必無因 kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn wind does not come from an empty cave without reason / there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
缠绵不已 纏綿不已 chán mián bù yǐ to cling without letting go / to pester without end / to cling lovingly to each other
崽卖爷田不心疼 崽賣爺田不心疼 zǎi mài yé tián bù xīn téng lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom) / fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it
人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥 rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed
光杆司令 光桿司令 guāng gǎn sī lìng commander without any soldiers / (fig.) leader without a team / solo entrepreneur syn
博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì - mǎi lǘ (idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey" / to write at length without ever getting to the point
白嫖 bái piáo to visit a prostitute without paying / (slang) to consume a service without paying
什么 什麼 shén me what? / something / anything syn
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it
没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice 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
空军 空軍 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn
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)
不妙 bù miào (of a turn of events) not too encouraging / far from good / anything but reassuring syn
首映 shǒu yìng to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
无能为力 無能為力 wú néng wéi lì (idiom) powerless to do anything about it syn
有期徒刑 yǒu qī tú xíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
一无所知 一無所知 yī wú suǒ zhī (idiom) not knowing anything at all / completely ignorant syn
后顾之忧 後顧之憂 hòu gù zhī yōu fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
束手无策 束手無策 shù shǒu wú cè lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom) / fig. helpless in the face of a crisis syn
身不由己 shēn bù yóu jǐ (idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control / unable to do anything about it / (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself) 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
算不了 suàn bù liǎo does not count for anything / of no account
不中用 bù zhōng yòng unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope
不中用 bù zhòng yòng unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope
束手 shù shǒu to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it
无所不包 無所不包 wú suǒ bù bāo (idiom) not excluding anything / all-encompassing syn
吃不上 chī bu shàng unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
好好先生 hǎo hǎo xiān sheng Mr Goody-goody / yes-man (sb who agrees with anything) syn
无所不为 無所不為 wú suǒ bù wéi not stopping at anything / all manner of evil syn
生米煮成熟饭 生米煮成熟飯 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom) syn
病急乱投医 病急亂投醫 bìng jí luàn tóu yī lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom) / fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
事在人为 事在人為 shì zài rén wéi the matter depends on the individual (idiom) / it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything. syn
两手空空 兩手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng empty-handed (idiom) / fig. not receiving anything syn
动辄得咎 動輒得咎 dòng zhé dé jiù faulted at every turn (idiom) / can't get anything right
有钱能使鬼推磨 有錢能使鬼推磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done / money talks
无所用心 無所用心 wú suǒ yòng xīn not paying attention to anything (idiom) / to idle time away syn
瓜田不纳履 瓜田不納履 guā tián bù nà lǚ lit. don't tie your shoe-laces in a melon-patch / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
生米做成熟饭 生米做成熟飯 shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom) / fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
百无禁忌 百無禁忌 bǎi wú jìn jì all taboos are off (idiom) / anything goes / nothing is taboo syn
胸无城府 胸無城府 xiōng wú chéng fǔ open and candid (idiom) / not hiding anything / ingenuous syn
胸无宿物 胸無宿物 xiōng wú sù wù open and candid (idiom) / not hiding anything / ingenuous
襟怀坦白 襟懷坦白 jīn huái tǎn bái open and candid (idiom) / not hiding anything / ingenuous / openhearted / unselfish / magnanimous / broad-minded syn
跋前踬后 跋前躓後 bá qián zhì hòu to trip forwards or stumble back (idiom, from Book of Songs) / can't get anything right
敢作敢为 敢作敢為 gǎn zuò gǎn wéi (idiom) to stop at nothing / to dare to do anything syn
钱可通神 錢可通神 qián kě tōng shén with money, you can do anything (idiom) / money talks
细大不捐 細大不捐 xì dà bù juān not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom) / all-embracing syn
百无一失 百無一失 bǎi wú yī shī no danger of anything going wrong / no risk at all syn
无论何事 無論何事 wú lùn hé shì anything / whatever
无所不卖 無所不賣 wú suǒ bù mài to sell anything / to sell everything
尽自 儘自 jǐn zi always / always regardless (of anything)
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved / ignore it! / don't have anything to do with (him, her etc) / don't speak to
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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