nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
Headword or pronunciation没有什么不可能
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without rules, nothing can be done (idiom) / one must follow some rules
Headword or pronunciation没有规矩，不成方圆
(idiom) impervious to persuasion / unreceptive / impossible to get through to
Headword or pronunciation油盐不进
to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
Headword or pronunciation治标不治本
large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice
Headword or pronunciation法网恢恢，疏而不漏
(idiom) unable to speak through tears / sobbing uncontrollably
Headword or pronunciation泣不成声
conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation泥古不化
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Headword or pronunciation注意力不足过动症
to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways
Headword or pronunciation洗手不干
impossible to make a living
Headword or pronunciation活不下去
to be tired of living / (coll.) to be asking for trouble
Headword or pronunciation活得不耐烦
the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom) / an unlucky year
Headword or pronunciation流年不利
flowing water does not rot
Headword or pronunciation流水不腐
lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay
Headword or pronunciation流水不腐，户枢不蠹
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
Headword or pronunciation浪子回头金不换
indigestion
Headword or pronunciation消化不良
so deep one cannot see to the bottom / limitless
Headword or pronunciation深不见底
to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
Headword or pronunciation渴不可耐
to oscillate without pause (idiom) / to fluctuate / (of thoughts) to wander / to waver
Headword or pronunciation游移不定
to be totally oblivious (to sth) / to have no idea about sth
Headword or pronunciation浑然不知
totally unaware
Headword or pronunciation浑然不觉
lit. not one drop of water can leak out / watertight / rigorous (argument)
Headword or pronunciation滴水不漏
not diluted by one drop / hundred percent
Headword or pronunciation滴水不羼
never to touch a drop of alcohol
Headword or pronunciation滴酒不沾
careless / unconcerned
Headword or pronunciation漫不经意
(idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
Headword or pronunciation溃不成军
dull gray / gray and loathsome
Headword or pronunciation灰不喇唧
gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky
Headword or pronunciation灰不溜丢
(idiom) benevolent people can't get rich
Headword or pronunciation为仁不富
(idiom) to be wealthy and heartless
Headword or pronunciation为富不仁
(proverb, from Mencius) the rich are not benevolent, and the benevolent are not rich
Headword or pronunciation为富不仁，为仁不富
to start on virtue but give up (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
Headword or pronunciation为德不卒
to start on virtue but give up (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
Headword or pronunciation为德不终
it is not too late (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation为时不晚
none lacking / none missing / everything is there / everyone without exception
Headword or pronunciation无不
nothing he can't do
Headword or pronunciation无不达
lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom) / fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)
Headword or pronunciation无事不登三宝殿
no man is not...
Headword or pronunciation无人不
known to everyone
Headword or pronunciation无人不晓
known to everybody
Headword or pronunciation无人不知
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