| | only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) | HSK 2 |
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| | cannot help / unable to bear | HSK 5 |
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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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| | have to / cannot but | HSK 5 |
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| | insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not | HSK 5 |
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| | to be indifferent / not to matter / cannot be said to be | HSK 4 |
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| | to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無｜无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭｜了) | HSK 3 |
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| | cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cannot / must not / should not | |
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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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| | to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason | |
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| | cannot; should not; must not | |
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| | cannot be done; not feasible; impossible to accomplish | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely | |
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| | iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL: 座 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic | |
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| | unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice / no unanimous decision / still a matter of discussion | |
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| | a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe) | |
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| | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not | |
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| | cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal | |
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| | must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot | |
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| | impossible / cannot / not able | |
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| | can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake | HSK 6 |
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| | (idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cannot be doubted (idiom) | |
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| | can or cannot; is it possible? | |
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| | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints | |
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| | (maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor / (expression of gratitude) words cannot express my appreciation for what you have done | |
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| | cannot see / cannot be seen / invisible | |
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| | one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom) | |
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| | lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support | |
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| | lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom) / fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious | |
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| | (Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have); to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn]) | |
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| | lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish | |
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| | cannot / to not be able (to) / to be unable to | |
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| | lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate | |
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| | to take defeat with bad grace / to be a sore loser / cannot afford to lose | |
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| | The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment. | |
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| | a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own | |
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| | cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many | 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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| | "left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them | |
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| | to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason | |
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| | a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb) | |
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| | The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom). | |
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| | cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well | |
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| | lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless / innumerable | |
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| | cannot help / to be beyond control of | |
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| | (idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable | |
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| | hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire | |
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| | Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom) / intolerable behavior | |
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| | The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom). | |
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| | no match for / cannot beat | |
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| | cannot forget | |
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| | cannot get through (on phone) | |
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| | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints | |
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| | cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame | |
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| | cannot afford / cannot bear the burden | |
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| | not to pose a problem for sb / cannot stump sb | |
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| | lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence | |
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| | awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished | |
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| | cannot stop worrying | |
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| | lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other | |
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| | cannot bear to | |
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| | cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles | |
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| | lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone | |
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| | lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together / to go separate ways (idiom) | |
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| | one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time | |
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| | cannot attend to or manage | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb) | |
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| | (coll.) unable to withstand / cannot bear / can't stand it / no match for | |
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| | lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone | |
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| | cannot achieve / cannot reach | |
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| | lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law | |
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| | cannot / to fail to / unable to | |
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| | so deep one cannot see to the bottom / limitless | |
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| | cannot stand by idly and watch / unable to put up with it any longer | |
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| | lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled | |
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| | cannot get / cannot obtain | |
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| | cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable | |
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| | lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) / fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear | |
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| | lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son | |
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| | to be unmentionable / be unspeakable / must / cannot but | |
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| | (idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong | |
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| | lit. the eye cannot take it all in (idiom) / fig. too many good things to see; a feast for the eyes | |
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| | cannot control oneself (idiom) / to be beside oneself | |
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| | lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept | |
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| | lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term) / I cannot presume on your attention | |
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| | cannot be deemed / unexpectedly | |
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| | one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) / no pain, no gain | |
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| | lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist | |
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| | lit. Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist" | |
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| | (idiom) one cannot afford to incur public wrath / it is dangerous to incur the anger of the masses | |
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| | cannot be avoided / cannot do without | |
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| | if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom) / enough is enough | |
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| | cannot | |
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| | cannot stand by idly and watch / unable to put up with it any longer / see 看不過去｜看不过去 | |
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