to accept wholeheartedly / to embrace / to be won over

won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable

won't work / will get (you) nowhere

to accept wholeheartedly / to embrace / to be won over

lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation) / the people's blood, sweat and tears

a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm

be unpopular / won't work

to forgive easily / to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)

won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

Korean won (unit of currency)

The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)

don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship

lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord

not to forgive easily / not to let off / (You, He) won't get away with it!

a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)

rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long

Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War

(coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth) / (won't) hurt (to do sth)

lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

won't get far / unlikely to be successful

(Tw) (slang) don't; must not; won't do (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要 or 不行)

(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself

no harm (in doing it) / One might as well. / It won't hurt. / no matter / it's no bother

The boundless vista is at the perilous peak (proverb) / fig. exhilaration follows a hard-won victory

virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao 簫｜箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史｜萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公

lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved

lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom) / fig. don't give up hope / if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel

expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill / A masterpiece demands suffering.

appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)

shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)

the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later / also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟｜跑得了和尚，跑不了庙

the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later

the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) / this is your last chance

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) / this is your last chance

Won (Korean currency)

Le Loi, Vietnamese general and emperor who won back independence for Vietnam from China in 1428