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HSK
it doesn't matter
HSK 1
haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be
HSK 1
to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *没* | 没* | *没
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
HSK 1
useless
HSK 3
didn't expect
HSK 4
that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong
HSK 4
(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
it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
HSK 1
boring / of no interest
HSK 7-9
never (in the past) / never did
HSK 6
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
HSK 6
to confiscate; to seize
HSK 6
lit. not even the first stroke of the character has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist
before long / soon after
without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest
HSK 7-9
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
(coll.) nothing to pick on; really good / (coll.) nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
HSK 7-9
lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
there has never been; has never had / (before a verb) has never
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
not sure / maybe
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
at one's wit's end / unable to find a way out
HSK 7-9
(idiom) no secret can be kept forever
to engulf / to bury / to overlook / to stifle / to neglect / to fall into oblivion
HSK 7-9
listless / dispirited / washed out / also written 沒精打彩|没精打彩
lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom) / fig. elusive
a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *没* | 没* | *没
drowned / to end / to die / to inundate
to pass into oblivion
not a bit / nothing is up / nothing alarming is happening
to embezzle / to swallow up / to engulf
really good / excellent
boring / of no interest
to impose a fine and confiscate (property)
money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)
there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it
no respect for seniors / lacking in manners
not to have any meaning / meaningless
trivial (matters) / triviality / nonsense / rubbish
to be in a bad mood
unimportant / perfunctory / indifferent / (of conversation) idly
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
to be clueless / to have no plan
to bury / to submerge / to pass into oblivion / to obliterate / to annihilate (physics)
at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice
no problem
without end / incessantly / on and on
HSK 7-9
without any reason / for no reason
to have no alternative; to be helpless
to immerse / to swamp
dialectal equivalent of 沒有|没有
have never / has never
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)
to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately
to be lacking in human character
embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory
veiled / obscure
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
(dialect) silly
to be without food or clothing (idiom) / to be very poor
day and night / regardless of the time of day or night
without a second thought
(coll.) not a chance / no way / hopeless
there is no difference / it makes no difference
annihilated / capsized
lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
to sink
hopeless / incurable
ashamed / embarrassed / not having the face (to meet people) / not daring (out of shame)
total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
tasteless
outspoken / artless / tactless
to confiscate
inappropriate / bad-mannered
unsure / uncertain / unending
it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it
(dialect) (of a person) useless / pathetic / spineless
(coll.) are you blind or something? / look where you're going
sunset / sundown
(coll.) not worth bothering with / pointless
to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set
don't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation)
excellent in every respect / flawless
(coll.) nobody can beat that; extraordinary; remarkable
(neologism c. 2024) to stubbornly endure hardships that need not be endured; to go out of one's way to make things difficult for oneself
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)

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