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| | it doesn't matter | HSK 1 |
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| | you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt | HSK 1 |
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| | haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be | HSK 1 |
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| | unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but | HSK 4 |
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| | won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable | HSK 2 |
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| | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you | HSK 5 |
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| | is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not | HSK 1 |
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| | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | HSK 3 |
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| | hasn't yet; hasn't ever | HSK 5 |
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| | didn't expect | HSK 4 |
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| | that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong | HSK 4 |
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| | don't tell me ... / could it be that...? | HSK 3 |
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| | unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand | HSK 4 |
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| | won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | HSK 6 |
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| | whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible? | HSK 6 |
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| | say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me | HSK 5 |
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| | not to allow / must not / can't | HSK 5 |
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| | shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan / traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation / a martial art | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場|场, 次 / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand | HSK 3 |
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| | (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) | HSK 4 |
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| | (idiom) can't help but; involuntarily | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) | 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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| | whether (or not) / if / is or isn't | HSK 4 |
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| | don't think (that) / don't imagine (that) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't say for sure / maybe | HSK 4 |
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| | can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) | |
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| | improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all | |
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| | can't help / cannot but | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cannot afford / can't afford buying | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society) | |
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| | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later | |
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| | peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016) | |
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| | a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm | |
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| | can't help (doing sth) | |
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| | don't be fooled by the fact that | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. dragon births dragon, phoenix births phoenix (idiom) / fig. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree | |
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| | lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius) / fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully | HSK 7-9 |
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| | don't mention it / no formalities, please | |
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| | (slang) butch (lesbian stereotype) | |
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| | you're welcome / don't mention it / no need to stand on ceremony | |
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| | to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't | |
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| | won't get far; unlikely to be successful | |
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| | unavoidable / can't be avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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| | reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success | |
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| | it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive | |
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| | T-junction | |
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| | (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met | HSK 7-9 |
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| | really isn't | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别, 派別|派别) | HSK 1 |
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| | a perception that doesn't reflect reality / a notion based on an erroneous belief | |
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| | can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom) | |
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| | no matter if / regardless of / don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter | |
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| | can't help (doing sth) / can't refrain from | HSK 6 |
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| | couldn't be better / ideal / wonderful | |
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| | isn't that so? | |
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| | (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times; don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times | |
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| | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb) | |
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| | the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传) | |
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| | lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience | |
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| | You're welcome / Don't mention it | |
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| | don't mention it; not at all | |
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| | can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake | HSK 6 |
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| | to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously") / to treat conscientiously | |
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| | lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees | |
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| | lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss | |
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| | the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against | |
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| | how could one dare? / I don't deserve such praise | |
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| | lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing | |
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| | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance | |
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| | An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious. | |
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| | lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) | |
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| | hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
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| | although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang) | |
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| | to empathize with; to show solicitude for / (loanword) T-shirt | |
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| | can't compare with | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (coll.) Don't waste your breath. / Save it! | |
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| | lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable | |
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| | lit. there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / fig. persistence will overcome | |
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| | lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me | |
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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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| | Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom) | |
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| | lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate | |
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| | the name does not correspond to reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation | |
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| | The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment. | |
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| | can't wait | |
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| | unavoidably / can't help / really / rather | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't help it / can't bear it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison | |
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| | out of fashion / outmoded / impermissible / can't | |
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| | don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat | |
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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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| | if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else | |
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| | when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom) | |
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| | lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved | |
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| | lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there! | |
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