| | barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) | HSK 3 |
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| | merely; only; just; nothing but / simply / but; however | HSK 3 |
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| | treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character | HSK 4 |
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| | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) 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) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... | HSK 1 |
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| | to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind | HSK 1 |
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| | only; merely; nothing but; no more than / it's just that ... | HSK 5 |
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| | not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it | HSK 6 |
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| | unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else) | HSK 6 |
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| | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome | HSK 1 |
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| | in vain / to no purpose / for nothing / white | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | nothing else but | |
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| | faultless / complete / perfect / to leave nothing to be desired | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | HSK 6 |
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| | lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八 has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet | |
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| | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | HSK 7-9 |
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| | perfect and without blemish / flawless / to leave nothing to be desired | |
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| | good-for-nothing / fool | |
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| | to remain silent / to have nothing to say / (coll.) speechless / dumbfounded | |
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| | to have nothing further to do with a matter (idiom) | |
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| | to make nothing of hardships | |
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| | not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary | |
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| | simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary | |
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| | (loanword) bye-bye / also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc / (coll.) to part ways (with sb) / (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | |
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| | only / nothing else | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to come to nothing | |
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| | should not / to owe nothing | |
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| | (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing / loser | |
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| | unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary | HSK 7-9 |
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| | let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more | HSK 7-9 |
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| | plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it | |
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| | (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive | |
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| | (idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with | |
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| | lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent / nothing to choose between them | |
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| | (coll.) nothing to pick on; really good / (coll.) nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem | HSK 7-9 |
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| | attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive / feckless | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant / condescending / supercilious | |
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| | chowhound / foodie / a good-for-nothing | |
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| | (idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite | HSK 7-9 |
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| | that's all / nothing more | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / fig. persistence will overcome | |
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| | nothing out of the ordinary / unglamorous | |
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| | to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do | |
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| | empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) | |
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| | to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing | HSK 7-9 |
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| | ordinary / mediocre / nothing special | |
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| | to go on an errand for nothing / to go on a wild-goose chase | |
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| | lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom) / fig. to get upset over nothing / to make problems for oneself | |
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| | flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special | HSK 7-9 |
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| | no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle / nothing one can't do / to carry everything before one | |
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| | lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free. | |
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| | to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened / to remain cheerful (despite a crisis) | |
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| | to no avail / achieving nothing / totally ineffective / to have no effect / to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored) | |
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| | lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles | |
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| | nothing other than / to differ in no way from / the same as / to amount to | |
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| | not a bit / nothing is up / nothing alarming is happening | |
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| | (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath | |
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| | (idiom) to be nothing to write home about | |
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| | achieving nothing | |
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| | (coll.) (of a fashion item, song etc) to be everywhere now; to be nothing special anymore; to have lost its novelty | |
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| | to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on | |
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| | to reach everywhere / to stop at nothing / to do one's utmost | |
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| | to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch | |
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| | nothing can surpass | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up | |
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| | to stand aside and do nothing (idiom) / to take no part in | |
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| | to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom) | |
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| | useless / worthless / good-for-nothing | |
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| | having nothing better to do | |
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| | to have nothing to say (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | waste products / refuse / garbage / good-for-nothing (derog.) | |
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| | money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom) | |
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| | How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained. | |
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| | ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about | |
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| | there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it | |
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| | almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left | |
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| | (idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant | |
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| | (derog.) inept advisor / a good-for-nothing adviser / one who offers bad advice | |
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| | to make a journey for nothing | |
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| | (coll.) spineless coward / wimp / a good-for-nothing | |
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| | (idiom) to come to nothing | |
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| | to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about | |
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| | to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do | |
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| | pustule / (fig.) worthless person / a good-for-nothing / useless weakling | |
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| | (idiom) matchless; without equal; there is nothing better | |
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| | lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper / fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself | |
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| | nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom) / courtesy costs nothing | |
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| | lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat | |
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| | (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) | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | nothing is too bizarre / full of extraordinary things | |
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| | nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be irrelevant / to have nothing to do with | |
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| | fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) / fearless | |
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| | steamed bun stuffed with vegetables / (fig.) useless person / a good-for-nothing | |
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| | lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law | |
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| | lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law | |
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| | irreproachable (idiom) / nothing blameworthy about it at all | |
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