| | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | HSK 3 |
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| | that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong | HSK 4 |
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| | unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand | HSK 4 |
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| | whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible? | HSK 6 |
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| | not to allow / must not / can't | HSK 5 |
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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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| | can't say for sure / maybe | HSK 4 |
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| | can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) | |
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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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| | can't help (doing sth) | |
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| | unavoidable / can't be avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom) | |
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| | can't help (doing sth) / can't refrain from | HSK 6 |
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| | lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience | |
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| | can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake | HSK 6 |
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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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| | Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase | |
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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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| | 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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| | hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
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| | can't compare with | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / fig. persistence will overcome | |
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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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| | 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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| | out of fashion / outmoded / impermissible / can't | |
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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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| | can't afford to play / (fig.) can't accept it when one loses | |
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| | lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y) | |
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| | can't hear | |
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| | that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] | |
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| | you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) / you can't judge a book by its cover / often in combination 人不可貌相， 海水不可斗量 | |
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| | Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it. | |
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| | there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it | |
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| | lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences | |
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| | can't see the wood for the trees | |
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| | can't touch; can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of | |
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| | (slang) come on, you can't deny it! / don't you think so?! / (melodramatic form of 有沒有｜有没有) | |
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| | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. | |
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| | (coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth) / (won't) hurt (to do sth) | |
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| | can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist | |
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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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| | can't bear to | |
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| | It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. / Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23) | |
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| | can't find | |
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| | (proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world | |
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| | can't thank sb enough (idiom) | |
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| | want to stop but can't (idiom) / to be unable to stop oneself / to feel an urge to continue | |
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| | not a single one is dispensable / can't do without either | |
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| | lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. / You can't make progress by clinging to old notions. | |
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| | (Internet slang) can't contain oneself / unable to bear / can't help (doing sth) | |
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| | can't remember | |
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| | lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law | |
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| | lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law | |
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| | unable to understand / can't get the point | |
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| | can't | |
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| | can't discern | |
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| | the truth will come out eventually; a secret can't be kept forever | |
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| | lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) / fig. you can't put it off forever / sooner or later you'll have to deal with it | |
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| | unable to escape / can't get out | |
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| | (used with negative) to conclude / (impossible) to end / (can't) finish | |
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| | the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink | |
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| | arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing | |
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| | (coll.) unable to withstand / cannot bear / can't stand it / no match for | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee | |
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| | (idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste; things can't be rushed | |
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| | can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye | |
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| | lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble | |
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| | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it | |
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| | faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right | |
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| | can't make head or tail of | |
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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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| | spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting | |
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| | can't handle it / can't find any way (of doing sth) / not up to the task | |
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| | lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) / fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too | |
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| | can't manage to count / too many to count | |
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| | when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. | |
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| | hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve | |
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| | (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true | |
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| | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them | |
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| | to disagree / I can't agree with that. | |
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| | without proof one can't believe it (idiom) | |
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| | unable to say / can't say precisely | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see | |
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| | can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what | |
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| | you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom) | |
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| | compelled by the circumstances (to do sth) / (have) no other choice (but do sth) / (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love | |
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| | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person | |
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| | lit. Martian language / fig. Internet slang used to communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand | |
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| | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. | |
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| | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it | |
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