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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沒* | 沒* | *沒
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
HSK 1
haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be
HSK 1
it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
HSK 1
to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind
HSK 1
it doesn't matter
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
never (in the past) / never did
HSK 6
to confiscate; to seize
HSK 6
(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
(coll.) nothing to pick on; really good / (coll.) nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
HSK 7-9
to engulf / to bury / to overlook / to stifle / to neglect / to fall into oblivion
HSK 7-9
without end / incessantly / on and on
HSK 7-9
to decline / to wane
HSK 7-9
boring / of no interest
HSK 7-9
at one's wit's end / unable to find a way out
HSK 7-9
to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 沒準|没准
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沒* | 沒* | *沒
drowned / to end / to die / to inundate
no respect for seniors / lacking in manners
not sure / maybe
to be clueless / to have no plan
annihilated / capsized
to submerge / to subduct (of tectonic plates)
outspoken / artless / tactless
to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.)
not to have any meaning / meaningless
to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately
at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice
to have no alternative; to be helpless
ashamed / embarrassed / not having the face (to meet people) / not daring (out of shame)
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
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 be in a bad mood
don't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation)
(coll.) not a chance / no way / hopeless
to embezzle / to swallow up / to engulf
unsure / uncertain / unending
to appear and disappear unpredictably
simple-minded / thoughtless / heartless / nitwitted
(dialect) (of a person) useless / pathetic / spineless
not to have the guts (to do sth) / cowardly
total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
trivial (matters) / triviality / nonsense / rubbish
to vanish / to be nowhere to be found / unfounded (story)
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
impolite / cheeky / impudent
boring / of no interest
without any reason / for no reason
to vanish gradually / to disappear / to fade out
(idiom) no secret can be kept forever
hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
to bury / to submerge / to pass into oblivion / to obliterate / to annihilate (physics)
hopeless / helpless / incurable / fantastic / out of this world
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
sunset / sundown
lit. without head, without face (idiom) / fig. frenzily / haphazardly
shameless
(literary) (of the government) to register and confiscate (sb's property)
to sink into oblivion / to be lost to memory / to vanish
unreservedly / profusely
inappropriate / bad-mannered
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
really good / excellent
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 pass into oblivion
listless / dispirited / washed out
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.)
to invite a snub / to court a rebuff
(coll.) unreliable
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
without relatives or friends
erhua variant of 沒勁|没劲
lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out / to remember as long as one lives / unforgettable (idiom)
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
day and night / regardless of the time of day or night
there has never been; has never had / (before a verb) has never
erhua variant of 沒譜|没谱
to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist
to sink / to drown
to confiscate
to immerse / to swamp
before long / soon after
it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it
no problem
lacking in class / tacky / tasteless
discharged / flat / dead (of batteries)
lacking class / boorish / poor quality / substandard
inexperienced

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