ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]

what's to be done

finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last

to get a haircut; to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut

to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result

after all / all in all / when all is said and done / in the final analysis

to be finished / to be done for / ruined / gone to the dogs / oh no

(to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time)

not yet (done) / pending

service (work done for money) / services (as in "goods and services")

to get to the intended location / to be in place / to be in position / precise / well (done)

in the end / after all is said and done

to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)

(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)

(coll.) to be done for

(haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met

to do what needs to be done, without delay

cannot be done; not feasible; impossible to accomplish

fine work / carefully and neatly done

to accomplish; to get (sth) done

lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone

to praise / well done, bravo!

(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition

to do sth after the time it should have been done / to do sth to make up for not having done it before / to reapply for (a lost document, card etc)

to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight

to dispose of a matter / to be done with it

to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done

to work industriously / to get things done

What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

to get sth done once and for all

to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work

work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters); fieldwork / field personnel; fieldworker

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

easier said than done (idiom)

to show off one's cleverness / (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by

many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do

lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful

to refuse to admit (what one has done) / to disavow / to renege

nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done

(idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery

slightly cold / cool / (neologism) (slang) to be done for / about to be obliterated / (of a place or a person) desolate

to calculate the payment for the work sb has done (based on hours completed or items produced etc)

to be done / to be ready / that's enough! / that will do!

to issue a directive / to instruct (that sth be done)

ultimately / in the final analysis / after all / when all is said and done

(idiom) (usu. after 就) (having done such-and-such) everything is now fine; that's the end of the matter; (one is) all set

lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with

half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5]

to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously

many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do

to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight

(of an activity) off-line (not done over the Internet)

to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time

if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)

there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it

(neologism c. 2014) (coll.) to be criticized, blamed or implicated in sth despite having done nothing to deserve it; to be unfairly targeted; to catch a stray (abbr. for 躺著也中槍｜躺着也中枪)

lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done

(literary) effort; trouble; pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened; terrified

to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)

wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)

lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks

sb who gets things done / doer

(idiom) no sooner said than done / before you know it

(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

lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish

(old) to obtain an official position through financial contributions (instead of passing the imperial examination); a person who has done so

the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom)

(of a comedian) to seize on something sb has just said or done to make an ad lib joke

without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules

there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless

easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done

lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone

without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

first case / first instance / first time (sth is done)

job paid according to the amount of work done / contract work

sb who pulls strings to get things done / wirepuller / go-between / matchmaker

a thousand things remain to be done (idiom) / numerous tasks remain to be undertaken

to get one's own task done by sb else

Turkish döner kebab

lit. to get there in one step (idiom) / fig. easily done

if this can be done

(idiom) to get one's own task done by sb else

thoroughly cooked; (of steak) well done; (of eggs) hard-boiled

may be done once and once only; just this once

modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way

to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends

half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4]

to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise / to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited

how can this be? / what's to be done? / what an awful mess!

döner kebab

without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules

taking everything into account (idiom) / when all is said and done

to strive to get sth done while the timing is right

lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯｜生米煮成熟饭

abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯｜生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now.

(saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on

when all is said and done / at the end of the day

(coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies)

(Beijing dialect) done; finished; complete