这么 這麼 zhè me pron. so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this syn 只能 zhǐ néng adv. can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice syn 无须 無須 wú xū adv. need not / not obliged to / not necessarily syn 只得 zhǐ dé adv. to have no alternative but to / to be obliged to syn 同舟共济 同舟共濟 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals syn 那么多 那麼多 nà me duō so much / so very much 多大 duō dà how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much 多少钱 多少錢 duō shao qián how much money / how much? 贾宝玉 賈寶玉 jiǎ bǎo yù Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗 过誉 過譽 guò yù to praise too much / I really don't deserve so much praise syn 敢怒而不敢言 gǎn nù ér bù gǎn yán angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom) / obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections syn 就 jiù adv., prep. (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 太 tài adv. highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely syn 多 duō adj., v., pron., num., adv. many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- syn 那么 那麼 nà me pron., conj. like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 几 幾 jǐ pron., num. how much / how many / several / a few syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 多少 duō shao pron. how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? syn 甚至 shèn zhì conj. even / so much so that syn 远 遠 yuǎn adj. far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) syn 多么 多麼 duō me adv. how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn 许多 許多 xǔ duō num. many / a lot of / much syn 顺便 順便 shùn biàn adv. conveniently / in passing / without much extra effort syn 尽量 盡量 jìn liàng as much as possible / to the greatest extent syn 好多 hǎo duō num. many / quite a lot / much better syn 足以 zú yǐ v. sufficient to... / so much so that / so that syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 尽情 盡情 jìn qíng adv. as much as one likes syn 万分 萬分 wàn fēn adv. very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part syn 多多 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more syn 足足 zú zú fully / no less than / as much as / extremely syn 几何 幾何 jǐ hé geometry / (literary) how much syn 猜谜 猜謎 cāi mí to answer a riddle / to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence) syn 一成不变 一成不變 yī chéng bù biàn nothing much changes (idiom) / always the same / stuck in a rut syn 若干 ruò gān pron. a certain number or amount / how many? / how much? syn 自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant syn 酒量 jiǔ liàng capacity for liquor / how much one can drink 参半 參半 cān bàn half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally syn 重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity syn 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 良多 liáng duō considerably / much / quite a bit syn 甚至于 甚至於 shèn zhì yú so much (that) / even (to the extent that) 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]) 爱不释手 愛不釋手 ài bù shì shǒu (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down / to find sth utterly irresistible syn 半斤八两 半斤八兩 bàn jīn bā liǎng not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee syn 大有作为 大有作為 dà yǒu zuò wéi to accomplish much / to have good prospects / to have a promising future syn 吃得开 吃得開 chī de kāi to be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand syn 百思不得其解 bǎi sī bù dé qí jiě to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought / see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3] 颇具 頗具 pō jù rather / quite / to have much syn 甚或 shèn huò so much so that / to the extent that / even syn 太多 tài duō too much 多达 多達 duō dá up to / no less than / as much as 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply syn 委实 委實 wěi shí indeed / really (very much so) syn 甚而 shèn ér even / so much so that syn 李广 李廣 lǐ guǎng Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴 尽量 儘量 jǐn liàng adv. as much as possible / to the greatest extent syn 这么多 這麼多 zhè me duō so many / so much 罢了 罷了 bà le part. a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) syn 很想 hěn xiǎng to miss sb / to very much want to 两倍 兩倍 liǎng bèi twice as much / double the amount 不怎么样 不怎麼樣 bù zěn me yàng not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it syn 几多 幾多 jǐ duō (dialect) how much / how many / how (smart etc) / such ... syn 目不暇接 mù bù xiá jiē lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom) / a feast for the eyes syn 虫草 蟲草 chóng cǎo caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.) / see 冬蟲夏草|冬虫夏草[dong1chong2-xia4cao3] 暴食 bào shí to eat too much / to binge 老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world syn 不迭 bù dié cannot cope / find it too much / incessantly syn 煞有介事 shà yǒu jiè shì to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously syn 如许 如許 rú xǔ (literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many 小过 小過 xiǎo guò little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much 够 夠 gòu v., adv. enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 足 zú adj., adv. (bound form) foot / leg / sufficient / ample / as much as / fully syn 良 liáng adv. good / very / very much syn 焦虑不安 焦慮不安 jiāo lǜ bù ān worried too much syn 所剩无几 所剩無機 suǒ shèng wú jǐ there is not much left syn 卿卿我我 qīng qīng wǒ wǒ to bill and coo (idiom) / to whisper sweet nothings to one another / to be very much in love syn 耳边风 耳邊風 ěr biān fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn 耳旁风 耳旁風 ěr páng fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn 大吃大喝 dà chī dà hē to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself syn 差不离 差不離 chà bù lí not much different / similar / ordinary / nearly syn 害人不浅 害人不淺 hài rén bù qiǎn to cause a lot of trouble / to inflict much suffering 苦心孤诣 苦心孤詣 kǔ xīn gū yì to make painstaking efforts (idiom) / after much trouble / to work hard at sth syn 任情 rèn qíng to let oneself go / to do as much as one pleases syn 骨鲠在喉 骨鯁在喉 gǔ gěng zài hóu fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind 百思不解 bǎi sī bù jiě to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought 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 伉俪情深 伉儷情深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love 多愁多病 duō chóu duō bìng much sorrows and illness (idiom) / melancholy and weakly 多钱善贾 多錢善賈 duō qián shàn gǔ much capital, good business (idiom) / fig. good trading conditions 多难兴邦 多難興邦 duō nàn xīng bāng much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom) / calamity that prompts renewal 失道寡助 shī dào guǎ zhù an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support 爱不忍释 愛不忍釋 ài bù rěn shì to love sth too much to part with it (idiom) 书不尽言 書不盡言 shū bù jìn yán I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom) 江山易改本性难移 江山易改本性難移 jiāng shān yì gǎi běn xìng nán yí rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder 江山易改禀性难移 江山易改稟性難移 jiāng shān yì gǎi bǐng xìng nán yí rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder 碍难从命 礙難從命 ài nán cóng mìng difficult to obey orders (idiom) / much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply 爱财如命 愛財如命 ài cái rú mìng lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom) / fig. avaricious / tightfisted syn 挂一漏万 掛一漏萬 guà yī lòu wàn to mention some but omit many others (idiom) / to leave out much more than one includes syn 