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不行 xíng won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
招呼 zhāo hu to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not
尽管 jǐn guǎn despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
不必 need not / does not have to / not necessarily
不易 not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging
来不及 lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
没法儿 méi fǎr (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)
只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
何不 why not? / why not do (sth)?
do not / there is none who
不惜 not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth)
不会 huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
不知所措 zhī suǒ cuò not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
凑合 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad
供不应求 gōng yìng qiú supply does not meet demand
只许州官放火,不许百姓点灯 zhǐ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bǎi xìng diǎn dēng only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
祸福无常 huò cháng disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
得不偿失 cháng shī the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
暖巢管家 nuǎn cháo guǎn jiā housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them
身不由己 shēn yóu (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)
入不敷出 chū income does not cover expenditure / unable to make ends meet
do not
手下留情 shǒu xià liú qíng lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts.
不屑 xiè to disdain to do sth / to think sth not worth doing / to feel it beneath one's dignity
犯傻 fàn shǎ to do something stupid / to pretend not to know / to stare blankly


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