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別無他物
bié wú tā wù
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nothing else
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別無他用
bié wú tā yòng
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to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
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別無選擇
bié wú xuǎn zé
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to have no other choice
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別無長物
bié wú cháng wù
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to possess nothing except bare necessities;
to live a poor or frugal life
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前無古人後無來者
qián wú gǔ rén hòu wú lái zhě
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to surpass all others of its kind before and since;
to have neither predecessors nor successors
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前途無量
qián tú wú liàng
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to have boundless prospects
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力大無比
lì dà wú bǐ
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having matchless strength
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力大無窮
lì dà wú qióng
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extraordinary strength;
super strong;
strong as an ox
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功德無量
gōng dé wú liàng
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no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
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勞而無功
láo ér wú gōng
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to work hard while accomplishing little;
to toil to no avail
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半無限
bàn wú xiàn
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semi-infinite
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卑之，無甚高論
bēi zhī ， wú shèn gāo lùn
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my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion;
what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
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南無
nā mó
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Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit);
Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2]
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厚顏無恥
hòu yán wú chǐ
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shameless
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反臉無情
fǎn liǎn wú qíng
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to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend
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反覆無常
fǎn fù wú cháng
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unstable;
erratic;
changeable;
fickle
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口無擇言
kǒu wú zé yán
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to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom);
wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]
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口無遮攔
kǒu wú zhē lán
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to blab;
to shoot one's mouth off;
to commit a gaffe
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口說無憑
kǒu shuō wú píng
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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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可有可無
kě yǒu kě wú
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not essential;
dispensable
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史無前例
shǐ wú qián lì
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unprecedented in history
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吾生也有涯，而知也無涯
wú shēng yě yǒu yá ， ér zhī yě wú yá
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Life is short, learning is limitless;
Ars longa, vita brevis
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和尚打傘，無法無天
hé shang dǎ sǎn ， wú fǎ wú tiān
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lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]);
fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven;
lawless
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問心無愧
wèn xīn wú kuì
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lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
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啞口無言
yǎ kǒu wú yán
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dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless;
at a loss for words
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