一事無成
yī shì wú chéng
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to have achieved nothing;
to be a total failure;
to get nowhere
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一去無影蹤
yī qù wú yǐng zōng
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gone without a trace
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一往無前
yī wǎng wú qián
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to advance courageously (idiom);
to press forward
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一望無垠
yī wàng wú yín
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to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
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一望無際
yī wàng wú jì
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as far as the eye can see (idiom)
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一無所動
yī wú suǒ dòng
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totally unaffected;
unimpressed
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一無所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
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not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking;
without two sticks to rub together
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一無所獲
yī wú suǒ huò
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to gain nothing;
to end up empty-handed
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一無所知
yī wú suǒ zhī
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not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant;
without an inkling
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一無所聞
yī wú suǒ wén
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unheard of
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一無所長
yī wú suǒ cháng
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not having any special skill;
without any qualifications
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一無是處
yī wú shì chù
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not one good point;
everything about it is wrong
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一覽無遺
yī lǎn wú yí
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be plainly visible
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一覽無餘
yī lǎn wú yú
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to cover all at one glance (idiom);
a panoramic view
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上天無路,入地無門
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
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lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom);
fig. to be at the end of one's rope;
to be trapped in a hopeless situation
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不勞無獲
bù láo wú huò
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no pain, no gain (idiom)
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不孝有三,無後為大
bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà
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There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])
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不學無術
bù xué wú shù
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without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent
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不求有功,但求無過
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
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lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom);
fig. to take a risk-averse approach
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不無
bù wú
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not without
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不無小補
bù wú xiǎo bǔ
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not be without some advantage;
be of some help
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世上無難事,只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
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there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom);
persistence will overcome
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中國無線電頻譜管理和監測
zhōng guó wú xiàn diàn pín pǔ guǎn lǐ hé jiān cè
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China state radio regulation committee SRRC
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了無新意
liǎo wú xīn yì
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unoriginal;
stereotyped
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了無生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
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to lose all interest in life (idiom)
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