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won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
HSK 6
Is it possible that ... ?
lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow
unwritten (rule)
curious coincidence
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior
unwritten law
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence
(of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
worthless / good-for-nothing
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn
to succeed or die trying (idiom)
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
(proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
to be unable to sleep at night
The army is completely routed. (idiom)


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