| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 无 | 無 | wú | - not to have - no - none - not - to lack - un- - -less |
| 不无 | 不無 | bùwú | - not without |
| 全无 | 全無 | quánwú | - none - completely without |
| 别无 | 別無 | biéwú | - to have no other... (used in fixed expressions) |
| 南无 | 南無 | nāmó | - Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit) - Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] |
| 尚无 | 尚無 | shàngwú | - not yet - not so far |
| 有无 | 有無 | yǒuwú | - to have or have not - surplus and shortfall - tangible and intangible - corporeal and incorporeal |
| 毫无 | 毫無 | háowú | - not in the least - to completely lack |
| 无上 | 無上 | wúshàng | - supreme |
| 无不 | 無不 | wúbù | - none lacking - none missing - everything is there - everyone without exception |
| 无人 | 無人 | wúrén | - unmanned - uninhabited |
| 无任 | 無任 | wúrèn | - extremely (pleased, grateful etc) |
| 无似 | 無似 | wúsì | - extremely - unworthy (self-deprecatory term) |
| 无何 | 無何 | wúhé | - nothing else - soon - before long |
| 无价 | 無價 | wújià | - invaluable - priceless |
| 无偿 | 無償 | wúcháng | - free - no charge - at no cost |
| 无利 | 無利 | wúlì | - no profit - not profitable - a hindrance - (to lend money) at no interest |
| 无力 | 無力 | wúlì | - powerless - lacking strength |
| 无助 | 無助 | wúzhù | - helpless - helplessness - feeling useless - no help |
| 无可 | 無可 | wúkě | - can't |
| 无名 | 無名 | wúmíng | - nameless - obscure |
| 无味 | 無味 | wúwèi | - tasteless - odorless |
| 无品 | 無品 | wúpǐn | - fretless (stringed instrument) |
| 无垠 | 無垠 | wúyín | - boundless - vast |
| 无奈 | 無奈 | wúnài | - helpless - without choice - for lack of better option - grudgingly - willy-nilly - nolens volens - abbr. for 無可奈何|无可奈何[wu2 ke3 nai4 he2] |
| 无妨 | 無妨 | wúfáng | - no harm (in doing it) - One might as well. - It won't hurt. - no matter - it's no bother |
| 无害 | 無害 | wúhài | - harmless |
| 无宁 | 無寧 | wúníng | - variant of 毋寧|毋宁[wu2 ning2] |
| 无局 | 無局 | wújú | - non-vulnerable (in bridge) |
| 无已 | 無已 | wúyǐ | - endlessly - to have no choice |
| 无常 | 無常 | wúcháng | - variable - changeable - fickle - impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) - ghost taking away the soul after death - to pass away - to die |
| 无干 | 無干 | wúgān | - to have nothing to do with |
| 无几 | 無幾 | wújǐ | - very little - hardly any |
| 无序 | 無序 | wúxù | - disorderly - irregular - lack of order |
| 无底 | 無底 | wúdǐ | - bottomless |
| 无度 | 無度 | wúdù | - immoderate - excessive - not knowing one's limits |
| 无庸 | 無庸 | wúyōng | - variant of 毋庸[wu2 yong1] |
| 无形 | 無形 | wúxíng | - incorporeal - virtual - formless - invisible (assets) - intangible |
| 无后 | 無後 | wúhòu | - to lack male offspring |
| 无从 | 無從 | wúcóng | - not to have access - beyond one's authority or capability - sth one has no way of doing |
| 无心 | 無心 | wúxīn | - unintentionally - not in the mood to |
| 无性 | 無性 | wúxìng | - sexless - asexual (reproduction) |
| 无怪 | 無怪 | wúguài | - No wonder! - not surprising |
| 无恒 | 無恆 | wúhéng | - to lack patience |
| 无恙 | 無恙 | wúyàng | - unaffected (by a disease) |
| 无耻 | 無恥 | wúchǐ | - without any sense of shame - unembarrassed - shameless |
| 无悔 | 無悔 | wúhuǐ | - to have no regrets |
| 无情 | 無情 | wúqíng | - pitiless - ruthless - merciless - heartless |
| 无意 | 無意 | wúyì | - inadvertent - accidental |
| 无愧 | 無愧 | wúkuì | - to have a clear conscience - to feel no qualms |
| 无成 | 無成 | wúchéng | - achieving nothing |
| 无我 | 無我 | wúwǒ | - anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") |
| 无措 | 無措 | wúcuò | - helpless |
| 无援 | 無援 | wúyuán | - without support - helpless |
| 无故 | 無故 | wúgù | - without cause or reason |
| 无效 | 無效 | wúxiào | - not valid - ineffective - in vain |
| 无敌 | 無敵 | wúdí | - unequalled - without rival - a paragon |
| 无数 | 無數 | wúshù | - countless - numberless - innumerable |
| 无明 | 無明 | wúmíng | - avidyā (Buddhism) - ignorance - delusion |
| 无暇 | 無暇 | wúxiá | - too busy - to have no time for - fully occupied |
| 无望 | 無望 | wúwàng | - without hope - hopeless - without prospects |
| 无期 | 無期 | wúqī | - unspecified period - in the indefinite future - no fixed time - indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment) |
| 无核 | 無核 | wúhé | - nonnuclear - seedless (botany) |
| 无棣 | 無棣 | Wúdì | - Wudi county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[Bin1 zhou1], Shandong |
| 无业 | 無業 | wúyè | - unemployed - jobless - out of work |
| 无极 | 無極 | Wújí | - Wuji county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊地區|石家庄地区[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 di4 qu1], Hebei - The Promise (name of film by Chen Kaige) |
| 无极 | 無極 | wújí | - everlasting - unbounded |
| 无机 | 無機 | wújī | - inorganic (chemistry) |
| 无权 | 無權 | wúquán | - no right - no entitlement - powerless |
| 无毒 | 無毒 | wúdú | - harmless - innocuous - lit. not poisonous |
| 无比 | 無比 | wúbǐ | - incomparable - matchless |
| 无毛 | 無毛 | wúmáo | - hairless |
| 无氧 | 無氧 | wúyǎng | - anaerobic - an environment with no oxygen |
| 无水 | 無水 | wúshuǐ | - anhydrous (chemistry) - waterless - dehydrated |
| 无法 | 無法 | wúfǎ | - unable - incapable |
| 无为 | 無為 | Wúwéi | - Wuwei county in Chaohu 巢湖[Chao2 hu2], Anhui |
| 无为 | 無為 | wúwéi | - the Daoist doctrine of inaction - let things take their own course - laissez-faire |
| 无烟 | 無煙 | wúyān | - nonsmoking (e.g. environment) |
| 无爪 | 無爪 | wúzhuǎ | - without claws - fig. powerless |
| 无牌 | 無牌 | wúpái | - unlicensed - unlabeled (goods) |
| 无牙 | 無牙 | wúyá | - toothless - fig. powerless |
| 无物 | 無物 | wúwù | - nothing - empty |
| 无状 | 無狀 | wúzhuàng | - insolence - insolent - ill-mannered |
| 无猜 | 無猜 | wúcāi | - unsuspecting - innocent and without apprehension |
| 无理 | 無理 | wúlǐ | - irrational - unreasonable |
| 无瑕 | 無瑕 | wúxiá | - faultless - perfect |
| 无用 | 無用 | wúyòng | - useless - worthless |
| 无由 | 無由 | wúyóu | - to be unable (to do sth) - no reason to ... - without rhyme or reason |
| 无异 | 無異 | wúyì | - nothing other than - to differ in no way from - the same as - to amount to |
| 无疑 | 無疑 | wúyí | - no doubt - undoubtedly |
| 无益 | 無益 | wúyì | - no good - not good for - not beneficial |
| 无尽 | 無盡 | wújìn | - endless - inexhaustible |
| 无知 | 無知 | wúzhī | - ignorant - ignorance |
| 无码 | 無碼 | wúmǎ | - unpixelated or uncensored (of video) |
| 无碍 | 無礙 | wúài | - without inconvenience - unimpeded - unhindered - unobstructed - unfettered - unhampered |
| 无禄 | 無祿 | wúlù | - to be unsalaried - to be unfortunate - death |
| 无礼 | 無禮 | wúlǐ | - rude - rudely |
| 无私 | 無私 | wúsī | - selfless - unselfish - disinterested - altruistic |
| 无稽 | 無稽 | wújī | - nonsense |
| 无穷 | 無窮 | wúqióng | - endless - boundless - inexhaustible |
| 无端 | 無端 | wúduān | - for no reason at all |
| 无糖 | 無糖 | wútáng | - sugar free |
| 无线 | 無線 | wúxiàn | - wireless |
| 无缘 | 無緣 | wúyuán | - to have no opportunity - no way (of doing sth) - no chance - no connection - not placed (in a competition) - (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc |
| 无缝 | 無縫 | wúfèng | - seamless |
| 无缺 | 無缺 | wúquē | - whole |
| 无罪 | 無罪 | wúzuì | - innocent - guileless - not guilty (of crime) |
| 无义 | 無義 | wúyì | - nonsense - immoral - faithless |
| 无翅 | 無翅 | wúchì | - wingless |
| 无聊 | 無聊 | wúliáo | - bored - boring - senseless |
| 无声 | 無聲 | wúshēng | - noiseless - noiselessly - silent |
| 无能 | 無能 | wúnéng | - incompetence - inability - incapable - powerless |
| 无色 | 無色 | wúsè | - colorless |
| 无菌 | 無菌 | wújūn | - sterile - aseptic |
| 无着 | 無著 | Wúzhuó | - Asanga (Buddhist philosopher, c. 4th century AD) |
| 无处 | 無處 | wúchù | - nowhere |
| 无虞 | 無虞 | wúyú | - not to be worried about - all taken care of |
| 无补 | 無補 | wúbǔ | - of no avail - not helping in the least |
| 无视 | 無視 | wúshì | - to ignore - to disregard |
| 无言 | 無言 | wúyán | - to remain silent - to have nothing to say |
| 无语 | 無語 | wúyǔ | - to remain silent - to have nothing to say - speechless |
| 无误 | 無誤 | wúwù | - verified - unmistaken |
| 无论 | 無論 | wúlùn | - no matter what or how - regardless of whether... |
| 无谓 | 無謂 | wúwèi | - pointless - meaningless - unnecessarily |
| 无货 | 無貨 | wúhuò | - out of stock - product unavailable |
| 无赖 | 無賴 | wúlài | - hoodlum - rascal - rogue - rascally - scoundrelly |
| 无趣 | 無趣 | wúqù | - dull - vapid - colorless |
| 无轨 | 無軌 | wúguǐ | - trackless |
| 无辜 | 無辜 | wúgū | - innocent - innocence - not guilty (law) |
| 无道 | 無道 | wúdào | - tyrannical - brutal (regime) |
| 无遗 | 無遺 | wúyí | - completely - fully - without omission |
| 无边 | 無邊 | wúbiān | - without boundary - not bordered |
| 无邪 | 無邪 | wúxié | - without guilt |
| 无量 | 無量 | wúliàng | - measureless - immeasurable |
| 无锡 | 無錫 | Wúxī | - Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 无间 | 無間 | wújiàn | - very close - no gap between them - continuously - unbroken - hard to separate - indistinguishable |
| 无关 | 無關 | wúguān | - unrelated - having nothing to do (with sth else) |
| 无限 | 無限 | wúxiàn | - unlimited - unbounded |
| 无际 | 無際 | wújì | - limitless - boundless |
| 无双 | 無雙 | wúshuāng | - incomparable - matchless - unique |
| 无需 | 無需 | wúxū | - needless |
| 无非 | 無非 | wúfēi | - only - nothing else |
| 无须 | 無須 | wúxū | - need not - not obliged to - not necessarily |
| 无颌 | 無頜 | wúhé | - jawless (primitive fish) |
| 无题 | 無題 | wútí | - untitled |
| 虚无 | 虛無 | xūwú | - nothingness |
| 半无限 | 半無限 | bànwúxiàn | - semi-infinite |
| 大无畏 | 大無畏 | dàwúwèi | - utterly fearless |
| 巨无霸 | 巨無霸 | Jùwúbà | - Big Mac (McDonald's hamburger) |
| 巨无霸 | 巨無霸 | jùwúbà | - giant - leviathan |
| 无不达 | 無不達 | wúbùdá | - nothing he can't do |
| 无主见 | 無主見 | wúzhǔjiàn | - without one's own opinions |
| 无人不 | 無人不 | wúrénbù | - no man is not... |
| 无人区 | 無人區 | wúrénqū | - uninhabited region |
| 无人机 | 無人機 | wúrénjī | - drone - unmanned aerial vehicle |
| 无保留 | 無保留 | wúbǎoliú | - without reservation - not holding anything back - unconditional |
| 无信义 | 無信義 | wúxìnyì | - in bad faith - false - perfidious |
| 无做作 | 無做作 | wúzuòzuo | - unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally) |
| 无助感 | 無助感 | wúzhùgǎn | - to feel helpless - feeling useless |
| 无厘头 | 無厘頭 | wúlítóu | - silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century |
| 无原则 | 無原則 | wúyuánzé | - unprincipled |
| 无名指 | 無名指 | wúmíngzhǐ | - ring finger |
| 无名氏 | 無名氏 | wúmíngshì | - anonymous (e.g. author, donor etc) |
| 无国界 | 無國界 | wúguójiè | - without borders (used for organizations such as Médecins sans Frontières) |
| 无字碑 | 無字碑 | wúzìbēi | - stone tablet without inscription - blank stele |
| 无将牌 | 無將牌 | wújiàngpái | - no trumps (in card games) |
| 无尾熊 | 無尾熊 | wúwěixióng | - koala |
| 无尾猿 | 無尾猿 | wúwěiyuán | - ape |
| 无底坑 | 無底坑 | wúdǐkēng | - the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible) - pitless (elevator) |
| 无底洞 | 無底洞 | wúdǐdòng | - bottomless pit |
| 无形中 | 無形中 | wúxíngzhōng | - imperceptibly - virtually |
| 无怪乎 | 無怪乎 | wúguàihū | - No wonder! - not surprising |
| 无患子 | 無患子 | wúhuànzǐ | - Sapindales - order of scented bushes and trees, includes citrus fruit and lychee |
| 无意中 | 無意中 | wúyìzhōng | - accidentally - unintentionally - unexpectedly |
| 无意识 | 無意識 | wúyìshí | - unconscious - involuntary |
| 无意间 | 無意間 | wúyìjiān | - inadvertently - unintentionally |
| 无所属 | 無所屬 | wúsuǒshǔ | - unaffiliated - non-party |
| 无所谓 | 無所謂 | wúsuǒwèi | - to be indifferent - not to matter - cannot be said to be |
| 无把握 | 無把握 | wúbǎwò | - uncertain |
| 无支祁 | 無支祁 | Wúzhīqí | - a water goblin in Chinese mythology usually depicted as a monkey |
| 无晶圆 | 無晶圓 | wújīngyuán | - fabless (semiconductor company) |
| 无期别 | 無期別 | wúqībié | - to part for an unspecified period - to take leave from indefinitely |
| 无核化 | 無核化 | wúhéhuà | - to make nuclear-free - to de-nuclearize |
| 无核区 | 無核區 | wúhéqū | - nuclear weapon-free zone |
| 无条件 | 無條件 | wútiáojiàn | - unconditional |
| 无棣县 | 無棣縣 | Wúdìxiàn | - Wudi county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[Bin1 zhou1], Shandong |
| 无极县 | 無極縣 | Wújíxiàn | - Wuji county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei |
| 无机物 | 無機物 | wújīwù | - inorganic compound |
| 无机盐 | 無機鹽 | wújīyán | - inorganic salt |
| 无壳族 | 無殻族 | wúkézú | - see 無殼蝸牛|无壳蜗牛[wu2 ke2 wo1 niu2] |
| 无为县 | 無為縣 | Wúwéixiàn | - Wuwei county in Chaohu 巢湖[Chao2 hu2], Anhui |
| 无烟炭 | 無煙炭 | wúyāntàn | - smokeless coal |
| 无烟煤 | 無煙煤 | wúyānméi | - anthracite |
| 无争议 | 無爭議 | wúzhēngyì | - uncontroversial - accepted |
| 无理数 | 無理數 | wúlǐshù | - irrational number |
| 无生命 | 無生命 | wúshēngmìng | - inert - lifeless |
| 无产者 | 無產者 | wúchǎnzhě | - proletariat - non-propertied person |
| 无知觉 | 無知覺 | wúzhījué | - senseless |
| 无神论 | 無神論 | wúshénlùn | - atheism |
| 无秩序 | 無秩序 | wúzhìxù | - disorder |
| 无穷小 | 無窮小 | wúqióngxiǎo | - infinitesimal (in calculus) - infinitely small |
| 无穷集 | 無窮集 | wúqióngjí | - infinite set (math.) |
| 无端端 | 無端端 | wúduānduān | - for no reason |
| 无符号 | 無符號 | wúfúhào | - unsigned (i.e. the absolute value, regardless of plus or minus sign) |
| 无精症 | 無精症 | wújīngzhèng | - azoospermia (medicine) |
| 无纸化 | 無紙化 | wúzhǐhuà | - paperless |
| 无维度 | 無維度 | wúwéidù | - dimensionless (math.) |
| 无线电 | 無線電 | wúxiàndiàn | - wireless |
| 无脊椎 | 無脊椎 | wújǐzhuī | - invertebrate |
| 无脚蟹 | 無腳蟹 | wújiǎoxiè | - helpless lonely person |
| 无花果 | 無花果 | wúhuāguǒ | - fig (Ficus carica) |
| 无菌性 | 無菌性 | wújūnxìng | - aseptic |
| 无表情 | 無表情 | wúbiǎoqíng | - expressionless - wooden (expression) - blank (face) |
| 无记名 | 無記名 | wújìmíng | - (of a document) not bearing a name - unregistered (financial securities etc) - bearer (bond) - secret (ballot etc) - anonymous - unattributed (remarks) - (of a check) payable to the bearer |
| 无农药 | 無農藥 | wúnóngyào | - without agricultural fertilizer (i.e. organic farming) |
| 无连接 | 無連接 | wúliánjiē | - connectionless |
| 无量寿 | 無量壽 | Wúliàngshòu | - boundless life (expression of good wishes) - Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom |
| 无锡市 | 無錫市 | Wúxīshì | - Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 无锡县 | 無錫縣 | Wúxīxiàn | - Wuxi county in Jiangsu |
| 无限制 | 無限制 | wúxiànzhì | - limitless - unrestricted |
| 无限小 | 無限小 | wúxiànxiǎo | - infinitesimal - infinitely small |
| 无限期 | 無限期 | wúxiànqī | - unlimited (time) duration |
| 无霜期 | 無霜期 | wúshuāngqī | - frost-free period |
| 无党派 | 無黨派 | wúdǎngpài | - politically unaffiliated - independent (candidate) |
| 耍无赖 | 耍無賴 | shuǎwúlài | - to act shamelessly - to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval |
| 一事无成 | 一事無成 | yīshìwúchéng | - to have achieved nothing - to be a total failure - to get nowhere |
| 一往无前 | 一往無前 | yīwǎngwúqián | - to advance courageously (idiom) - to press forward |
| 一望无垠 | 一望無垠 | yīwàngwúyín | - to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom) |
| 一望无际 | 一望無際 | yīwàngwújì | - as far as the eye can see (idiom) |
| 一无所动 | 一無所動 | yīwúsuǒdòng | - totally unaffected - unimpressed |
| 一无所有 | 一無所有 | yīwúsuǒyǒu | - not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking - without two sticks to rub together |
| 一无所获 | 一無所獲 | yīwúsuǒhuò | - to gain nothing - to end up empty-handed |
| 一无所知 | 一無所知 | yīwúsuǒzhī | - not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant - without an inkling |
| 一无所闻 | 一無所聞 | yīwúsuǒwén | - unheard of |
| 一无所长 | 一無所長 | yīwúsuǒcháng | - not having any special skill - without any qualifications |
| 一无是处 | 一無是處 | yīwúshìchù | - not one good point - everything about it is wrong |
| 一览无遗 | 一覽無遺 | yīlǎnwúyí | - be plainly visible |
| 一览无余 | 一覽無餘 | yīlǎnwúyú | - to cover all at one glance (idiom) - a panoramic view |
| 不劳无获 | 不勞無獲 | bùláowúhuò | - no pain, no gain (idiom) |
| 不学无术 | 不學無術 | bùxuéwúshù | - without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent |
| 不无小补 | 不無小補 | bùwúxiǎobǔ | - not be without some advantage - be of some help |
| 事无大小 | 事無大小 | shìwúdàxiǎo | - see 事無巨細|事无巨细[shi4 wu2 ju4 xi4] |
| 事无巨细 | 事無巨細 | shìwújùxì | - lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) - fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance |
| 互通有无 | 互通有無 | hùtōngyǒuwú | - mutual exchange of assistance (idiom) - to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls - to reciprocate with material assistance - scratch each other's back |
| 人无完人 | 人無完人 | rénwúwánrén | - nobody is perfect - everyone has their defect |
| 人谁无过 | 人誰無過 | rénshéiwúguò | - Everyone makes mistakes (idiom) |
| 但说无妨 | 但說無妨 | dànshuōwúfáng | - there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom) |
| 来去无踪 | 來去無蹤 | láiqùwúzōng | - come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace |
| 俯仰无愧 | 俯仰無愧 | fǔyǎngwúkuì | - to have a clear conscience |
| 伤及无辜 | 傷及無辜 | shāngjíwúgū | - to harm the innocent (idiom) |
| 全无准备 | 全無準備 | quánwúzhǔnbèi | - completely unprepared |
| 两小无猜 | 兩小無猜 | liǎngxiǎowúcāi | - innocent playmates |
| 六神无主 | 六神無主 | liùshénwúzhǔ | - all six vital organs fail (idiom); besides oneself with panic - distracted - out of one's wits |
| 六亲无靠 | 六親無靠 | liùqīnwúkào | - orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on - left to one's own devices |
| 其乐无穷 | 其樂無窮 | qílèwúqióng | - boundless joy |
| 冷酷无情 | 冷酷無情 | lěngkùwúqíng | - cold-hearted - unfeeling - callous |
| 出没无常 | 出沒無常 | chūmòwúcháng | - to appear and disappear unpredictably |
| 别来无恙 | 別來無恙 | biéláiwúyàng | - (literary) I trust you have been well since we last met |
| 别无他法 | 別無他法 | biéwútāfǎ | - there is no alternative |
| 别无他物 | 別無他物 | biéwútāwù | - nothing else |
| 别无他用 | 別無他用 | biéwútāyòng | - to have no other use or purpose (idiom) |
| 别无选择 | 別無選擇 | biéwúxuǎnzé | - to have no other choice |
| 前途无量 | 前途無量 | qiántúwúliàng | - to have boundless prospects |
| 力大无比 | 力大無比 | lìdàwúbǐ | - having matchless strength |
| 力大无穷 | 力大無窮 | lìdàwúqióng | - extraordinary strength - super strong - strong as an ox |
| 功德无量 | 功德無量 | gōngdéwúliàng | - no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence |
| 劳而无功 | 勞而無功 | láoérwúgōng | - to work hard while accomplishing little - to toil to no avail |
| 厚颜无耻 | 厚顏無恥 | hòuyánwúchǐ | - shameless |
| 反脸无情 | 反臉無情 | fǎnliǎnwúqíng | - to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend |
| 口无择言 | 口無擇言 | kǒuwúzéyán | - 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] |
| 口无遮拦 | 口無遮攔 | kǒuwúzhēlán | - to blab - to shoot one's mouth off - to commit a gaffe |
| 可有可无 | 可有可無 | kěyǒukěwú | - not essential - dispensable |
| 史无前例 | 史無前例 | shǐwúqiánlì | - unprecedented in history |
| 问心无愧 | 問心無愧 | wènxīnwúkuì | - lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience |
| 哑口无言 | 啞口無言 | yǎkǒuwúyán | - dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless - at a loss for words |
| 哑然无生 | 啞然無生 | yǎránwúshēng | - silence reigns (idiom) |
| 喜怒无常 | 喜怒無常 | xǐnùwúcháng | - temperamental - moody |
| 回味无穷 | 回味無窮 | huíwèiwúqióng | - leaving a rich aftertaste - (fig.) memorable - lingering in memory |
| 回天无力 | 回天無力 | huítiānwúlì | - unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom) - to fail to save the situation |
| 坐视无睹 | 坐視無睹 | zuòshìwúdǔ | - to turn a blind eye to |
| 坦然无惧 | 坦然無懼 | tǎnránwújù | - remain calm and undaunted |
| 大公无私 | 大公無私 | dàgōngwúsī | - selfless - impartial |
| 大而无当 | 大而無當 | dàérwúdàng | - grandiose but impractical (idiom) - large but of no real use |
| 天衣无缝 | 天衣無縫 | tiānyīwúfèng | - lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom) - fig. flawless |
| 奇丑无比 | 奇醜無比 | qíchǒuwúbǐ | - extremely ugly - incomparably hideous |
| 孑立无依 | 孑立無依 | jiélìwúyī | - to stand alone - to have no one to rely on |
| 孤立无援 | 孤立無援 | gūlìwúyuán | - isolated and without help |
| 学海无涯 | 學海無涯 | xuéhǎiwúyá | - sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn - ars longa, vita brevis |
| 学无止境 | 學無止境 | xuéwúzhǐjìng | - no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study. - You live and learn. |
| 安全无事 | 安全無事 | ānquánwúshì | - safe and sound |
| 安全无恙 | 安全無恙 | ānquánwúyàng | - safe and sound |
| 安全无虞 | 安全無虞 | ānquánwúyú | - safe and secure |
| 安然无恙 | 安然無恙 | ānránwúyàng | - safe and sound (idiom); to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness) - to live to fight another day |
| 完好无损 | 完好無損 | wánhǎowúsǔn | - excellent and undamaged - intact |
| 完好无缺 | 完好無缺 | wánhǎowúquē | - excellent and intact - without any deficiency |
| 完美无瑕 | 完美無瑕 | wánměiwúxiá | - flawless - immaculate - perfect |
| 完美无缺 | 完美無缺 | wánměiwúquē | - perfect and without blemish - flawless - to leave nothing to be desired |
| 寥寥无几 | 寥寥無幾 | liáoliáowújǐ | - just a very few (idiom); tiny number - not many at all - You count them on your fingers. |
| 少安无躁 | 少安無躁 | shǎoānwúzào | - variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4] |
| 居无定所 | 居無定所 | jūwúdìngsuǒ | - to be without a fixed residence (idiom) |
| 师出无名 | 師出無名 | shīchūwúmíng | - lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom) - to act without justification |
| 平安无事 | 平安無事 | píngānwúshì | - safe and sound (idiom) |
| 平淡无奇 | 平淡無奇 | píngdànwúqí | - ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about |
| 平白无故 | 平白無故 | píngbáiwúgù | - without good cause |
| 年少无知 | 年少無知 | niánshàowúzhī | - young and inexperienced - unsophisticated |
| 座无虚席 | 座無虛席 | zuòwúxūxí | - lit. a banquet with no empty seats - full house - capacity crowd - standing room only |
| 庸碌无能 | 庸碌無能 | yōnglùwúnéng | - mediocre and incompetent |
| 征敛无度 | 征斂無度 | zhēngliǎnwúdù | - to extort taxes excessively |
| 后患无穷 | 後患無窮 | hòuhuànwúqióng | - it will cause no end of trouble (idiom); nip the problem in the bud |
| 后会无期 | 後會無期 | hòuhuìwúqī | - to meet again at unspecified date - meeting postponed indefinitely |
| 后继无人 | 後繼無人 | hòujìwúrén | - to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking |
| 徒劳无功 | 徒勞無功 | túláowúgōng | - to work to no avail (idiom) |
| 徒劳无益 | 徒勞無益 | túláowúyì | - futile endeavor (idiom) |
| 心中无数 | 心中無數 | xīnzhōngwúshù | - to have no idea - to be unsure |
| 心无二用 | 心無二用 | xīnwúèryòng | - one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time |
| 忍无可忍 | 忍無可忍 | rěnwúkěrěn | - more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience - the last straw |
| 恣行无忌 | 恣行無忌 | zìxíngwújì | - to behave recklessly |
| 悄无声息 | 悄無聲息 | qiǎowúshēngxī | - quietly - noiselessly |
| 悄然无声 | 悄然無聲 | qiǎoránwúshēng | - absolutely quiet |
| 悔之无及 | 悔之無及 | huǐzhīwújí | - too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. |
| 愚昧无知 | 愚昧無知 | yúmèiwúzhī | - stupid and ignorant (idiom) |
| 愧悔无地 | 愧悔無地 | kuìhuǐwúdì | - ashamed and unable to show one's face (idiom) |
| 惨无人道 | 慘無人道 | cǎnwúréndào | - inhuman (idiom) - brutal and unfeeling |
| 凭白无故 | 憑白無故 | píngbáiwúgù | - variant of 平白無故|平白无故[ping2 bai2 wu2 gu4] |
| 战无不胜 | 戰無不勝 | zhànwúbùshèng | - to triumph in every battle (idiom); invincible - to succeed in every undertaking |
| 所剩无几 | 所剩無幾 | suǒshèngwújǐ | - there is not much left |
| 所向无敌 | 所向無敵 | suǒxiàngwúdí | - to be invincible - unrivalled |
| 手无寸铁 | 手無寸鐵 | shǒuwúcùntiě | - lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless |
| 手足无措 | 手足無措 | shǒuzúwúcuò | - at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered |
| 托足无门 | 托足無門 | tuōzúwúmén | - to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom) |
| 扪心无愧 | 捫心無愧 | ménxīnwúkuì | - lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience |
| 挥霍无度 | 揮霍無度 | huīhuòwúdù | - extravagance - extravagant |
| 于事无补 | 於事無補 | yúshìwúbǔ | - unhelpful - useless |
| 旁若无人 | 旁若無人 | pángruòwúrén | - to act as though there were nobody else present - unselfconscious - fig. without regard for others |
| 日无暇晷 | 日無暇晷 | rìwúxiáguǐ | - no time to spare (idiom) |
| 时日无多 | 時日無多 | shírìwúduō | - time is limited (idiom) |
| 暗无天日 | 暗無天日 | ànwútiānrì | - all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice |
| 暴露无遗 | 暴露無遺 | bàolùwúyí | - to lay bare - to come to light |
| 有备无患 | 有備無患 | yǒubèiwúhuàn | - Preparedness averts peril. - to be prepared, just in case (idiom) |
| 有勇无谋 | 有勇無謀 | yǒuyǒngwúmóu | - bold but not very astute (idiom) |
| 有口无心 | 有口無心 | yǒukǒuwúxīn | - to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom) |
| 有名无实 | 有名無實 | yǒumíngwúshí | - lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name - nominal |
| 有嘴无心 | 有嘴無心 | yǒuzuǐwúxīn | - to talk without any intention of acting on it - empty prattle |
| 有增无已 | 有增無已 | yǒuzēngwúyǐ | - constantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions |
| 有增无减 | 有增無減 | yǒuzēngwújiǎn | - to increase without letup - to get worse and worse (idiom) |
| 有始无终 | 有始無終 | yǒushǐwúzhōng | - to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through - lack of sticking power - short attention span |
| 有害无利 | 有害無利 | yǒuhàiwúlì | - harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good |
| 有害无益 | 有害無益 | yǒuhàiwúyì | - harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good |
| 有征无战 | 有征無戰 | yǒuzhēngwúzhàn | - to win without a fight (idiom) |
| 有恃无恐 | 有恃無恐 | yǒushìwúkǒng | - secure in the knowledge that one has backing |
| 有意无意 | 有意無意 | yǒuyìwúyì | - intentionally or otherwise |
| 有教无类 | 有教無類 | yǒujiàowúlèi | - education for everyone, irrespective of background |
| 有气无力 | 有氣無力 | yǒuqìwúlì | - weakly and without strength (idiom); dispirited |
| 有无相通 | 有無相通 | yǒuwúxiāngtōng | - mutual exchange of assistance (idiom) - to reciprocate with material assistance |
| 有目无睹 | 有目無睹 | yǒumùwúdǔ | - has eyes but can't see (idiom); unable or unwilling to see the importance of sth - blind (to sth great) |
| 有缘无分 | 有緣無分 | yǒuyuánwúfèn | - destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom) |
| 有色无胆 | 有色無膽 | yǒusèwúdǎn | - to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it - to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it - to be all talk and no action |
| 有头无尾 | 有頭無尾 | yǒutóuwúwěi | - to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through - lack of sticking power - short attention span |
| 束手无策 | 束手無策 | shùshǒuwúcè | - lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis |
| 杳无人烟 | 杳無人煙 | yǎowúrényān | - dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted - God-forsaken |
| 杳无消息 | 杳無消息 | yǎowúxiāoxī | - see 杳無音信|杳无音信[yao3 wu2 yin1 xin4] |
| 杳无音信 | 杳無音信 | yǎowúyīnxìn | - to have no news whatever |
| 枯燥无味 | 枯燥無味 | kūzàowúwèi | - tedious - dreary |
| 死无对证 | 死無對證 | sǐwúduìzhèng | - the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales |
| 死而无悔 | 死而無悔 | sǐérwúhuǐ | - to die without regret (idiom, from Analects) |
| 残酷无情 | 殘酷無情 | cánkùwúqíng | - cruel and unfeeling (idiom) |
| 毫无二致 | 毫無二致 | háowúèrzhì | - there cannot be another one like it |
| 毫无效果 | 毫無效果 | háowúxiàoguǒ | - to no avail - achieving nothing - totally ineffective - to have no effect - to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored) |
| 毫无疑问 | 毫無疑問 | háowúyíwèn | - certainty - without a doubt |
| 毫无逊色 | 毫無遜色 | háowúxùnsè | - not in the least inferior (idiom) |
| 水清无鱼 | 水清無魚 | shuǐqīngwúyú | - clear water, so few fish (idiom); You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean. - Don't be too picky! |
| 水火无情 | 水火無情 | shuǐhuǒwúqíng | - Fire and water have no mercy (idiom). forces of nature beyond human control - implacable fate |
| 永无止境 | 永無止境 | yǒngwúzhǐjìng | - without end - never-ending |
| 渺无人烟 | 渺無人煙 | miǎowúrényān | - remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted - God-forsaken |
| 渺无音信 | 渺無音信 | miǎowúyīnxìn | - to receive no news whatsoever about sb |
| 湮没无闻 | 湮沒無聞 | yānmòwúwén | - to pass into oblivion |
| 漫无目的 | 漫無目的 | mànwúmùdì | - to flounder - aimless - hit-and-miss |
| 漫无边际 | 漫無邊際 | mànwúbiānjì | - extremely vast - boundless - limitless - digressing - discursive - going off on tangents - straying far off topic |
| 洁净无瑕 | 潔淨無瑕 | jiéjìngwúxiá | - clean and spotless |
| 潜逃无踪 | 潛逃無蹤 | qiántáowúzōng | - to abscond without leaving a trace (idiom) |
| 滥杀无辜 | 濫殺無辜 | lànshāwúgū | - willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom) |
| 无中生有 | 無中生有 | wúzhōngshēngyǒu | - to create something from nothing (idiom) |
| 无主失物 | 無主失物 | wúzhǔshīwù | - lost property without a claimant (law) |
| 无事可做 | 無事可做 | wúshìkězuò | - to have nothing to do - to have time on one's hands |
| 无事生非 | 無事生非 | wúshìshēngfēi | - to make trouble out of nothing |
| 无人不晓 | 無人不曉 | wúrénbùxiǎo | - known to everyone |
| 无人不知 | 無人不知 | wúrénbùzhī | - known to everybody |
| 无人售票 | 無人售票 | wúrénshòupiào | - self-service ticketing - automated ticketing |
| 无人驾驶 | 無人駕駛 | wúrénjiàshǐ | - unmanned - unpiloted |
| 无以复加 | 無以復加 | wúyǐfùjiā | - in the extreme (idiom) - incapable of further increase |
| 无以为报 | 無以為報 | wúyǐwéibào | - unable to return the favor |
| 无以为生 | 無以為生 | wúyǐwéishēng | - no way to get by |
| 无任感激 | 無任感激 | wúrèngǎnjī | - deeply obliged |
| 无休无止 | 無休無止 | wúxiūwúzhǐ | - ceaseless; endless (idiom) |
| 无依无靠 | 無依無靠 | wúyīwúkào | - no one to rely on (idiom); on one's own - orphaned - left to one's own devices |
| 无倚无靠 | 無倚無靠 | wúyǐwúkào | - variant of 無依無靠|无依无靠[wu2 yi1 wu2 kao4] |
| 无伤大雅 | 無傷大雅 | wúshāngdàyǎ | - (of a defect etc) to be of no great matter (idiom) - harmless |
| 无价之宝 | 無價之寶 | wújiàzhībǎo | - priceless treasure |
| 无价珍珠 | 無價珍珠 | WújiàZhēnzhū | - Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism) |
| 无冬无夏 | 無冬無夏 | wúdōngwúxià | - regardless of the season - all the year round |
| 无出其右 | 無出其右 | wúchūqíyòu | - matchless - without equal - there is nothing better |
| 无功受禄 | 無功受祿 | wúgōngshòulù | - to get undeserved rewards (idiom) |
| 无功而返 | 無功而返 | wúgōngérfǎn | - to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs |
| 无动于中 | 無動於中 | wúdòngyúzhōng | - variant of 無動於衷|无动于衷[wu2 dong4 yu2 zhong1] |
| 无动于衷 | 無動於衷 | wúdòngyúzhōng | - aloof - indifferent - unconcerned |
| 无可匹敌 | 無可匹敵 | wúkěpǐdí | - unsurpassed - unparalleled |
| 无可厚非 | 無可厚非 | wúkěhòufēi | - see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1] |
| 无可奈何 | 無可奈何 | wúkěnàihé | - have no way out - have no alternative - abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] |
| 无可奉告 | 無可奉告 | wúkěfènggào | - (idiom) "no comment" |
| 无可挽回 | 無可挽回 | wúkěwǎnhuí | - irrevocable - the die is cast |
| 无可救药 | 無可救藥 | wúkějiùyào | - lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable - incorrigible - beyond redemption |
| 无可置疑 | 無可置疑 | wúkězhìyí | - cannot be doubted (idiom) |
| 无可非议 | 無可非議 | wúkěfēiyì | - unquestionable |
| 无名小卒 | 無名小卒 | wúmíngxiǎozú | - lit. nameless soldier (idiom); an unknown - nonentity |
| 无名战死 | 無名戰死 | wúmíngzhànsǐ | - the unknown soldier (symbolizing war dead) |
| 无名英雄 | 無名英雄 | wúmíngyīngxióng | - unnamed hero |
| 无咖啡因 | 無咖啡因 | wúkāfēiyīn | - decaffeinated - decaf |
| 无地自容 | 無地自容 | wúdìzìróng | - ashamed and unable to show one's face |
| 无坚不摧 | 無堅不摧 | wújiānbùcuī | - no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle - nothing one can't do - to carry everything before one |
| 无大无小 | 無大無小 | wúdàwúxiǎo | - no matter how big or small - not distinguishing junior and senior |
| 无奇不有 | 無奇不有 | wúqíbùyǒu | - nothing is too bizarre - full of extraordinary things |
| 无奸不商 | 無奸不商 | wújiānbùshāng | - all businessmen are evil (idiom) |
| 无孔不钻 | 無孔不鑽 | wúkǒngbùzuān | - lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity |
| 无定形碳 | 無定形碳 | wúdìngxíngtàn | - amorphous carbon |
| 无家可归 | 無家可歸 | wújiākěguī | - homeless |
| 无容置疑 | 無容置疑 | wúróngzhìyí | - cannot be doubted (idiom) |
| 无师自通 | 無師自通 | wúshīzìtōng | - self-taught - to learn without a teacher (idiom) |
| 无形贸易 | 無形貿易 | wúxíngmàoyì | - invisibles (trade) |
| 无形输出 | 無形輸出 | wúxíngshūchū | - invisible export |
| 无影无踪 | 無影無蹤 | wúyǐngwúzōng | - to disappear without trace (idiom) |
| 无往不利 | 無往不利 | wúwǎngbùlì | - to be successful in every endeavor |
| 无微不至 | 無微不至 | wúwēibùzhì | - in every possible way (idiom); meticulous |
| 无征不信 | 無徵不信 | wúzhēngbùxìn | - without proof one can't believe it (idiom) |
| 无性繁殖 | 無性繁殖 | wúxìngfánzhí | - asexual reproduction |
| 无怨无悔 | 無怨無悔 | wúyuànwúhuǐ | - no complaints - to have no regrets |
| 无情无义 | 無情無義 | wúqíngwúyì | - completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless |
| 无恶不作 | 無惡不作 | wúèbùzuò | - not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed |
| 无忧无虑 | 無憂無慮 | wúyōuwúlǜ | - carefree and without worries (idiom) |
| 无懈可击 | 無懈可擊 | wúxièkějī | - invulnerable |
| 无所不包 | 無所不包 | wúsuǒbùbāo | - not excluding anything - all-inclusive |
| 无所不在 | 無所不在 | wúsuǒbùzài | - omnipresent |
| 无所不为 | 無所不為 | wúsuǒbùwéi | - not stopping at anything - all manner of evil |
| 无所不知 | 無所不知 | wúsuǒbùzhī | - omniscient |
| 无所不能 | 無所不能 | wúsuǒbùnéng | - omnipotent |
| 无所不至 | 無所不至 | wúsuǒbùzhì | - to reach everywhere - to stop at nothing - to do one's utmost |
| 无所不卖 | 無所不賣 | wúsuǒbùmài | - to sell anything - to sell everything |
| 无所事事 | 無所事事 | wúsuǒshìshì | - to have nothing to do - to idle one's time away (idiom) |
| 无所作为 | 無所作為 | wúsuǒzuòwéi | - attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive - feckless |
| 无所用心 | 無所用心 | wúsuǒyòngxīn | - not paying attention to anything (idiom); to idle time away |
| 无所畏忌 | 無所畏忌 | wúsuǒwèijì | - without any fear of consequences - totally devoid of scruples |
| 无所适从 | 無所適從 | wúsuǒshìcóng | - not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do |
| 无拘无束 | 無拘無束 | wújūwúshù | - free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered - unbuttoned - without care or worries |
| 无时无刻 | 無時無刻 | wúshíwúkè | - all the time - incessantly |
| 无期徒刑 | 無期徒刑 | wúqītúxíng | - life imprisonment |
| 无业游民 | 無業遊民 | wúyèyóumín | - unemployed person - vagrant - rogue |
| 无业闲散 | 無業閑散 | wúyèxiánsǎn | - unemployed and idle |
| 无机化学 | 無機化學 | wújīhuàxué | - inorganic chemistry |
| 无壳蜗牛 | 無殼蝸牛 | wúkéwōniú | - fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house |
| 无比较级 | 無比較級 | wúbǐjiàojí | - absolute (not liable to comparative degree) |
| 无法形容 | 無法形容 | wúfǎxíngróng | - unspeakable - indescribable |
| 无法忍受 | 無法忍受 | wúfǎrěnshòu | - intolerable |
| 无法挽救 | 無法挽救 | wúfǎwǎnjiù | - incurable - no way of curing - hopeless |
| 无法替代 | 無法替代 | wúfǎtìdài | - irreplaceable |
| 无法无天 | 無法無天 | wúfǎwútiān | - regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom); maverick - undisciplined and out of control |
| 无济于事 | 無濟於事 | wújìyúshì | - to no avail - of no use |
| 无照经营 | 無照經營 | wúzhàojīngyíng | - unlicensed business activity |
| 无牵无挂 | 無牽無掛 | wúqiānwúguà | - to have no cares - to be carefree |
| 无独有偶 | 無獨有偶 | wúdúyǒuǒu | - not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence - it's not the only case |
| 无理取闹 | 無理取鬧 | wúlǐqǔnào | - to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative |
| 无产阶级 | 無產階級 | wúchǎnjiējí | - proletariat |
| 无用之树 | 無用之樹 | wúyòngzhīshù | - useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遙遊|逍遥游) |
| 无病呻吟 | 無病呻吟 | wúbìngshēnyín | - to moan about imaginary illness - fussing like a hypochondriac - fig. sentimental nonsense |
| 无病自灸 | 無病自灸 | wúbìngzìjiǔ | - lit. to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill; to cause oneself trouble with superfluous action |
| 无的放矢 | 無的放矢 | wúdìfàngshǐ | - to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking - firing blindly - to shoot in the air - a shot in the dark |
| 无神论者 | 無神論者 | wúshénlùnzhě | - atheist |
| 无福消受 | 無福消受 | wúfúxiāoshòu | - unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom) |
| 无稽之谈 | 無稽之談 | wújīzhītán | - complete nonsense (idiom) |
| 无穷序列 | 無窮序列 | wúqióngxùliè | - infinite sequence |
| 无穷无尽 | 無窮無盡 | wúqióngwújìn | - endless - boundless - infinite |
| 无穷远点 | 無窮遠點 | wúqióngyuǎndiǎn | - point at infinity (math.) - infinitely distant point |
| 无精打彩 | 無精打彩 | wújīngdǎcǎi | - dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality - not lively |
| 无精打采 | 無精打采 | wújīngdǎcǎi | - dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless - in low spirits - washed out |
| 无丝分裂 | 無絲分裂 | wúsīfēnliè | - amitosis |
| 无网格法 | 無網格法 | wúwǎnggéfǎ | - meshless method (numerical simulation) - meshfree method |
| 无线网路 | 無線網路 | wúxiànwǎnglù | - wireless network |
| 无线电波 | 無線電波 | wúxiàndiànbō | - radio waves - wireless electric wave |
| 无线电话 | 無線電話 | wúxiàndiànhuà | - radio telephony - wireless telephone |
| 无缘无故 | 無緣無故 | wúyuánwúgù | - no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for |
| 无缝连接 | 無縫連接 | wúfèngliánjiē | - seamless connection |
| 无罪抗辩 | 無罪抗辯 | wúzuìkàngbiàn | - plea of not guilty |
| 无罪推定 | 無罪推定 | wúzuìtuīdìng | - presumption of innocence (law) |
| 无声无息 | 無聲無息 | wúshēngwúxī | - wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking - taciturn - not providing any news |
| 无能为力 | 無能為力 | wúnéngwéilì | - impotent (idiom) - powerless - helpless |
| 无与伦比 | 無與倫比 | wúyǔlúnbǐ | - incomparable |
| 无药可救 | 無藥可救 | wúyàokějiù | - see 無可救藥|无可救药[wu2 ke3 jiu4 yao4] |
| 无处不在 | 無處不在 | wúchùbùzài | - to be everywhere |
| 无处可寻 | 無處可尋 | wúchùkěxún | - cannot be found anywhere (idiom) |
| 无处容身 | 無處容身 | wúchùróngshēn | - nowhere to hide |
| 无虞匮乏 | 無虞匱乏 | wúyúkuìfá | - no fear of deficiency - sufficient - abundant |
| 无言以对 | 無言以對 | wúyányǐduì | - to be left speechless - unable to respond |
| 无言可对 | 無言可對 | wúyánkěduì | - unable to reply (idiom); left speechless - at a loss for words |
| 无计可施 | 無計可施 | wújìkěshī | - no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end - at the end of one's tether - powerless |
| 无话不谈 | 無話不談 | wúhuàbùtán | - not to hold anything back (idiom) - (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything |
| 无话可说 | 無話可說 | wúhuàkěshuō | - to have nothing to say (idiom) |
| 无论何事 | 無論何事 | wúlùnhéshì | - anything - whatever |
| 无论何人 | 無論何人 | wúlùnhérén | - whoever |
| 无论何时 | 無論何時 | wúlùnhéshí | - whenever |
| 无论何处 | 無論何處 | wúlùnhéchù | - anywhere - wherever |
| 无论如何 | 無論如何 | wúlùnrúhé | - anyhow - anyway - whatever |
| 无足轻重 | 無足輕重 | wúzúqīngzhòng | - insignificant |
| 无路可走 | 無路可走 | wúlùkězǒu | - nowhere to go - at the end of one's tether |
| 无路可退 | 無路可退 | wúlùkětuì | - without a retreat route - caught in a dead end - having burned one's bridges |
| 无路可逃 | 無路可逃 | wúlùkětáo | - no way out - nowhere to go - trapped beyond hope of rescue - painted into a corner |
| 无轨电车 | 無軌電車 | wúguǐdiànchē | - trolleybus |
| 无远弗届 | 無遠弗屆 | wúyuǎnfújiè | - to extend all over the globe (idiom) - far-reaching |
| 无边无际 | 無邊無際 | wúbiānwújì | - boundless - limitless |
| 无钩绦虫 | 無鉤絛蟲 | wúgōutāochóng | - beef tapeworm |
| 无锡新区 | 無錫新區 | Wúxīxīnqū | - Wuxi new district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu |
| 无关紧要 | 無關緊要 | wúguānjǐnyào | - indifferent - insignificant |
| 无限小数 | 無限小數 | wúxiànxiǎoshù | - infinitesimal - infinite decimal expansion |
| 无齿翼龙 | 無齒翼龍 | Wúchǐyìlóng | - Pteranodon (genus of pterosaur) |
| 熟无熟手 | 熟無熟手 | shúwúshúshǒu | - not to notice a familiar sight - blind to sth |
| 熟视无睹 | 熟視無睹 | shúshìwúdǔ | - to pay no attention to a familiar sight - to ignore |
| 独一无二 | 獨一無二 | dúyīwúèr | - unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled - nothing compares with it |
| 略识之无 | 略識之無 | lüèshízhīwú | - semi-literate - only knows words of one syllable - lit. to know only 之[zhi1] and 無|无[wu2] |
| 当世无双 | 當世無雙 | dāngshìwúshuāng | - unequalled in his time |
| 当之无愧 | 當之無愧 | dāngzhīwúkuì | - fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) |
| 白璧无瑕 | 白璧無瑕 | báibìwúxiá | - impeccable moral integrity |
| 百事无成 | 百事無成 | bǎishìwúchéng | - to have accomplished nothing (idiom) |
| 百无一失 | 百無一失 | bǎiwúyīshī | - no danger of anything going wrong - no risk at all |
| 百无禁忌 | 百無禁忌 | bǎiwújìnjì | - all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes - nothing is taboo |
| 百无聊赖 | 百無聊賴 | bǎiwúliáolài | - bored to death (idiom) - bored stiff - overcome with boredom |
| 目中无人 | 目中無人 | mùzhōngwúrén | - to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters - condescending - to go about with one's nose in the air |
| 目无光泽 | 目無光澤 | mùwúguāngzé | - to have eyes without luster (idiom) |
| 目无全牛 | 目無全牛 | mùwúquánniú | - to see the ox already cut up into joints (idiom); extremely skilled - able to see through the problem at one glance |
| 目无法纪 | 目無法紀 | mùwúfǎjì | - with no regard for law or discipline (idiom); flouting the law and disregarding all rules - in complete disorder |
| 目无组织 | 目無組織 | mùwúzǔzhī | - to pay no heed to the regulations |
| 直言无讳 | 直言無諱 | zhíyánwúhuì | - to speak one's mind - to speak candidly (idiom) |
| 相安无事 | 相安無事 | xiāngānwúshì | - to live together in harmony |
| 破坏无遗 | 破壞無遺 | pòhuàiwúyí | - damaged beyond repair |
| 硕大无朋 | 碩大無朋 | shuòdàwúpéng | - immense - enormous |
| 祸福无常 | 禍福無常 | huòfúwúcháng | - disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable |
| 福无双至 | 福無雙至 | fúwúshuāngzhì | - blessings never come in pairs (idiom) |
| 秋毫无犯 | 秋毫無犯 | qiūháowúfàn | - lit. not harming a new feather (idiom); not commit the slightest offense against the people (of soldiers) - would not hurt a fly |
| 空洞无物 | 空洞無物 | kōngdòngwúwù | - empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance - nothing new to show |
| 空无一人 | 空無一人 | kōngwúyīrén | - not a soul in sight (idiom) |
| 空无所有 | 空無所有 | kōngwúsuǒyǒu | - having nothing (idiom); utterly destitute - without two sticks to rub together |
| 童叟无欺 | 童叟無欺 | tóngsǒuwúqī | - cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously - Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. |
| 童言无忌 | 童言無忌 | tóngyánwújì | - children's words carry no harm (idiom) |
| 管教无方 | 管教無方 | guǎnjiàowúfāng | - unable to discipline a child - incapable of dealing with (unruly child) |
| 纯真无垢 | 純真無垢 | chúnzhēnwúgòu | - pure of heart |
| 索然无味 | 索然無味 | suǒránwúwèi | - dull - insipid |
| 绝无仅有 | 絕無僅有 | juéwújǐnyǒu | - one and only (idiom); rarely seen - unique of its kind |
| 纤悉无遗 | 纖悉無遺 | xiānxīwúyí | - detailed and nothing left out (idiom); meticulous and comprehensive - not missing an iota |
| 羌无故实 | 羌無故實 | qiāngwúgùshí | - to have no basis in fact (idiom) |
| 义无反顾 | 義無反顧 | yìwúfǎngù | - honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back - no surrender - to pursue justice with no second thoughts |
| 老少无欺 | 老少無欺 | lǎoshàowúqī | - cheating neither old nor young - treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously - Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. |
| 聊胜于无 | 聊勝於無 | liáoshèngyúwú | - better than nothing (idiom) |
| 肆无忌惮 | 肆無忌憚 | sìwújìdàn | - absolutely unrestrained - unbridled - without the slightest scruple |
| 胸中无数 | 胸中無數 | xiōngzhōngwúshù | - see 心中無數|心中无数[xin1 zhong1 wu2 shu4] |
| 胸大无脑 | 胸大無腦 | xiōngdàwúnǎo | - (having) big boobs but no brain - bimbo |
| 胸无城府 | 胸無城府 | xiōngwúchéngfǔ | - open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything - ingenuous |
| 胸无大志 | 胸無大志 | xiōngwúdàzhì | - to have no aspirations (idiom) - unambitious |
| 胸无宿物 | 胸無宿物 | xiōngwúsùwù | - open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything - ingenuous |
| 至高无上 | 至高無上 | zhìgāowúshàng | - supreme - paramount - unsurpassed |
| 与世无争 | 與世無爭 | yǔshìwúzhēng | - to stand aloof from worldly affairs |
| 举世无双 | 舉世無雙 | jǔshìwúshuāng | - unrivaled (idiom); world number one - unique - unequaled |
| 举目无亲 | 舉目無親 | jǔmùwúqīn | - to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on - without a friend in the world |
| 若有若无 | 若有若無 | ruòyǒuruòwú | - indistinct - faintly discernable |
| 若无其事 | 若無其事 | ruòwúqíshì | - as if nothing had happened (idiom); calmly - nonchalantly |
| 茶饭无心 | 茶飯無心 | cháfànwúxīn | - no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering - to have no appetite |
| 荒唐无稽 | 荒唐無稽 | huāngtángwújī | - preposterous |
| 荒淫无耻 | 荒淫無恥 | huāngyínwúchǐ | - shameless |
| 荒无人烟 | 荒無人煙 | huāngwúrényān | - desolate and uninhabited (idiom) |
| 荒诞无稽 | 荒誕無稽 | huāngdànwújī | - ridiculous - unbelievable - absurd |
| 荒谬无稽 | 荒謬無稽 | huāngmiùwújī | - completely ridiculous and unfounded |
| 万寿无疆 | 萬壽無疆 | wànshòuwújiāng | - may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom) - long may you live |
| 万无一失 | 萬無一失 | wànwúyīshī | - surefire; absolutely safe (idiom) |
| 万籁无声 | 萬籟無聲 | wànlàiwúshēng | - lit. ten thousand pipes are still (idiom) - fig. not a sound to be heard - dead silent |
| 万般无奈 | 萬般無奈 | wànbānwúnài | - to have no way out - to have no alternative |
| 蒙昧无知 | 蒙昧無知 | méngmèiwúzhī | - benighted (idiom) - ignorant |
| 苍白无力 | 蒼白無力 | cāngbáiwúlì | - pale and feeble - powerless |
| 荡然无存 | 蕩然無存 | dàngránwúcún | - to obliterate completely - to vanish from the face of the earth |
| 虚无主义 | 虛無主義 | xūwúzhǔyì | - nihilism |
| 虚无假设 | 虛無假設 | xūwújiǎshè | - null hypothesis (statistics) |
| 虚无缥缈 | 虛無縹緲 | xūwúpiǎomiǎo | - unreal - illusory - imaginary - vague and with nothing in it |
| 蛮横无理 | 蠻橫無理 | mánhèngwúlǐ | - rude and unreasonable |
| 血本无归 | 血本無歸 | xuèběnwúguī | - to lose one's life savings (e.g. after a bankruptcy) - no return for one's hard-earned savings |
| 衣食无忧 | 衣食無憂 | yīshíwúyōu | - not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom) - to be provided with the basic necessities |
| 衣食无虞 | 衣食無虞 | yīshíwúyú | - not having to worry about food and clothes (idiom) - provided with the basic necessities |
| 裒敛无厌 | 裒斂無厭 | póuliǎnwúyàn | - to accumulate wealth without satisfaction - to continually plunder (idiom) |
| 视若无睹 | 視若無睹 | shìruòwúdǔ | - to turn a blind eye to |
| 亲密无间 | 親密無間 | qīnmìwújiān | - close relation, no gap (idiom); intimate and nothing can come between |
| 言之无物 | 言之無物 | yánzhīwúwù | - (of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom) - to carry no weight |
| 言而无信 | 言而無信 | yánérwúxìn | - to go back on one's word - to break one's promise - to be unfaithful - to be untrustworthy |
| 详尽无遗 | 詳盡無遺 | xiángjìnwúyí | - exhaustive - thorough |
| 诛求无厌 | 誅求無厭 | zhūqiúwúyàn | - incessant exorbitant demands |
| 诛求无已 | 誅求無已 | zhūqiúwúyǐ | - to make endless exorbitant demands |
| 语无伦次 | 語無倫次 | yǔwúlúncì | - incoherent speech - to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom) |
| 贫无立锥 | 貧無立錐 | pínwúlìzhuī | - not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute |
| 贪婪无厌 | 貪婪無厭 | tānlánwúyàn | - avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied |
| 贪得无厌 | 貪得無厭 | tāndéwúyàn | - avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied |
| 贪得无餍 | 貪得無饜 | tāndéwúyàn | - variant of 貪得無厭|贪得无厌[tan1 de2 wu2 yan4] |
| 贪求无厌 | 貪求無厭 | tānqiúwúyàn | - insatiably greedy (idiom) |
| 贪猥无厌 | 貪猥無厭 | tānwěiwúyàn | - avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied |
| 贪贿无艺 | 貪賄無藝 | tānhuìwúyì | - greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom); unbridled corruption |
| 责无旁贷 | 責無旁貸 | zéwúpángdài | - to be duty bound - to be one's unshrinkable responsibility |
| 贻害无穷 | 貽害無窮 | yíhàiwúqióng | - to have disastrous consequences |
| 走投无路 | 走投無路 | zǒutóuwúlù | - to be at an impasse (idiom) - in a tight spot - at the end of one's rope - desperate |
| 身无分文 | 身無分文 | shēnwúfēnwén | - penniless (idiom) |
| 转面无情 | 轉面無情 | zhuǎnmiànwúqíng | - to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend |
| 逃窜无踪 | 逃竄無蹤 | táocuànwúzōng | - to disperse and flee, leaving no trace |
| 通行无阻 | 通行無阻 | tōngxíngwúzǔ | - unobstructed passage - to go through unhindered |
| 进退无路 | 進退無路 | jìntuìwúlù | - to have no alternative (idiom) |
| 遥遥无期 | 遙遙無期 | yáoyáowúqī | - far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever |
| 遗害无穷 | 遺害無窮 | yíhàiwúqióng | - to have disastrous consequences - also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷[yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2] |
| 野调无腔 | 野調無腔 | yědiàowúqiāng | - coarse in speech and manner |
| 金无足赤 | 金無足赤 | jīnwúzúchì | - not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect |
| 铁面无私 | 鐵面無私 | tiěmiànwúsī | - strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom) |
| 长孙无忌 | 長孫無忌 | ZhǎngsūnWújì | - Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang |
| 闲来无事 | 閒來無事 | xiánláiwúshì | - at leisure - idle - to have nothing to do |
| 杂乱无章 | 雜亂無章 | záluànwúzhāng | - disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic |
| 颗粒无收 | 顆粒無收 | kēlìwúshōu | - not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year) |
| 风雨无阻 | 風雨無阻 | fēngyǔwúzǔ | - regardless of weather conditions - rain, hail or shine |
| 体无完肤 | 體無完膚 | tǐwúwánfū | - lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted |
| 高枕无忧 | 高枕無憂 | gāozhěnwúyōu | - to sleep peacefully (idiom) - (fig.) to rest easy - to be free of worries |
| 鸦雀无声 | 鴉雀無聲 | yāquèwúshēng | - lit. crow and peacock make no sound - absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard - absolute silence |
| 黑白无常 | 黑白無常 | HēiBáiWúcháng | - Two deities, one short, one tall, chained together at the ankle, responsible for rewarding the good and punishing the bad |
| 默默无闻 | 默默無聞 | mòmòwúwén | - obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation - a nobody - an unknown quantity |
| 一去无影踪 | 一去無影蹤 | yīqùwúyǐngzōng | - gone without a trace |
| 有教无类法 | 有教無類法 | Yǒujiàowúlèifǎ | - No Child Left Behind Act, USA 2001 |
| 求学无坦途 | 求學無坦途 | qiúxuéwútǎntú | - The path of learning can never be smooth. - There is no royal road to learning. (idiom) |
| 流氓无产者 | 流氓無產者 | liúmángwúchǎnzhě | - lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory) |
| 无伴奏合唱 | 無伴奏合唱 | wúbànzòuhéchàng | - a cappella (music) |
| 无功不受禄 | 無功不受祿 | wúgōngbùshòulù | - Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom) |
| 无可无不可 | 無可無不可 | wúkěwúbùkě | - neither for nor against sth - indifferent |
| 无名战士墓 | 無名戰士墓 | wúmíngzhànshìmù | - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
| 无名烈士墓 | 無名烈士墓 | wúmínglièshìmù | - tomb of the unknown soldier |
| 无国界记者 | 無國界記者 | WúguójièJìzhě | - Reporters Without Borders (pressure group) |
| 无国界医生 | 無國界醫生 | WúguójièYīshēng | - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF charity) - Doctors Without Borders |
| 无巧不成书 | 無巧不成書 | wúqiǎobùchéngshū | - curious coincidence |
| 无政府主义 | 無政府主義 | wúzhèngfǔzhǔyì | - anarchism |
| 无条件投降 | 無條件投降 | wútiáojiàntóuxiáng | - unconditional surrender |
| 无毒不丈夫 | 無毒不丈夫 | wúdúbùzhàngfu | - no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless. |
| 无纸化办公 | 無紙化辦公 | wúzhǐhuàbàngōng | - paperless office |
| 无线电广播 | 無線電廣播 | wúxiàndiànguǎngbō | - radio broadcast |
| 无脊椎动物 | 無脊椎動物 | wújǐzhuīdòngwù | - invertebrate |
| 无船承运人 | 無船承運人 | wúchuánchéngyùnrén | - non-vessel-owning common carrier (NVOCC) (transportation) |
| 无针注射器 | 無針注射器 | wúzhēnzhùshèqì | - jet injector |
| 无风不起浪 | 無風不起浪 | wúfēngbùqǐlàng | - lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason - no smoke without fire |
| 花无百日红 | 花無百日紅 | huāwúbǎirìhóng | - No flower can bloom for a hundred days. - Good times do not last long. (idiom) |
| 虎父无犬子 | 虎父無犬子 | hǔfùwúquǎnzǐ | - lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. - like father, like son |
| 覆巢无完卵 | 覆巢無完卵 | fùcháowúwánluǎn | - lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact - no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom) |
| 记者无国界 | 記者無國界 | jìzhěwúguójiè | - Reporters Without Borders (pressure group) |
| 天无绝人之路 | 天無絕人之路 | tiānwújuérénzhīlù | - Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through. - Never give up hope. - Never say die. |
| 手无缚鸡之力 | 手無縛雞之力 | shǒuwúfùjīzhīlì | - without the strength to truss a chicken |
| 有一搭无一搭 | 有一搭無一搭 | yǒuyīdāwúyīdā | - see 有一搭沒一搭|有一搭没一搭[you3 yi1 da1 mei2 yi1 da1] |
| 死无葬身之地 | 死無葬身之地 | sǐwúzàngshēnzhīdì | - to die without a burial site - to die a pauper - a tragic end |
| 水至清则无鱼 | 水至清則無魚 | shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú | - Water that is too clear has few fish, and one who is too critical has few friends (idiom); You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean. - Don't be too picky! |
| 无取胜希望者 | 無取勝希望者 | wúqǔshèngxīwàngzhě | - outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship) |
| 无所不用其极 | 無所不用其極 | wúsuǒbùyòngqíjí | - committing all manner of crimes - completely unscrupulous |
| 无线电接收机 | 無線電接收機 | wúxiàndiànjiēshōujī | - receiver (radio) |
| 无线电收发机 | 無線電收發機 | wúxiàndiànshōufājī | - transceiver - radio frequency receiver, broadcaster or relay |
| 无党派投票人 | 無黨派投票人 | wúdǎngpàitóupiàorén | - floating voter - non-partisan voter |
| 习得性无助感 | 習得性無助感 | xídéxìngwúzhùgǎn | - (psychology) learned helplessness |
| 贫无立锥之地 | 貧無立錐之地 | pínwúlìzhuīzhīdì | - not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute |
| 余留无符号数 | 餘留無符號數 | yúliúwúfúhàoshù | - unsigned remainder (i.e. the remainder after rounding to the nearest integer) |
| 来无影，去无踪 | 來無影，去無蹤 | láiwúyǐng,qùwúzōng | - lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace |
| 卑之，无甚高论 | 卑之，無甚高論 | bēizhī,wúshèngāolùn | - 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 |
| 天涯何处无芳草 | 天涯何處無芳草 | tiānyáhéchùwúfāngcǎo | - there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom) |
| 女子无才便是德 | 女子無才便是德 | nǚzǐwúcáibiànshìdé | - a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom) |
| 强将手下无弱兵 | 強將手下無弱兵 | qiángjiàngshǒuxiàwúruòbīng | - there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom) |
| 有百利而无一害 | 有百利而無一害 | yǒubǎilìérwúyīhài | - to have many advantages and no disadvantages |
| 有百利而无一弊 | 有百利而無一弊 | yǒubǎilìérwúyībì | - to have many advantages and no disadvantages |
| 有百害而无一利 | 有百害而無一利 | yǒubǎihàiérwúyīlì | - having no advantage whatsoever |
| 有过之而无不及 | 有過之而無不及 | yǒuguòzhīérwúbùjí | - not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) - to surpass - to outdo - (derog.) to be even worse |
| 此地无银三百两 | 此地無銀三百兩 | cǐdìwúyínsānbǎiliǎng | - lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide |
| 无事不登三宝殿 | 無事不登三寶殿 | wúshìbùdēngsānbǎodiàn | - lit. One doesn't visit a temple without a cause. (idiom) - fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth) - having a hidden agenda |
| 无心插柳柳成阴 | 無心插柳柳成陰 | wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn | - lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you - (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success - also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫 |
| 无限风光在险峰 | 無限風光在險峰 | wúxiànfēngguāngzàixiǎnfēng | - The boundless vista is at the perilous peak (proverb) - fig. exhilaration follows a hard-won victory |
| 英雄无用武之地 | 英雄無用武之地 | yīngxióngwúyòngwǔzhīdì | - a hero with no chance of using his might - to have no opportunity to display one's talents |
| 覆巢之下无完卵 | 覆巢之下無完卵 | fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn | - lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) - fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed |
| 前无古人后无来者 | 前無古人後無來者 | qiánwúgǔrénhòuwúláizhě | - to surpass all others of its kind before and since - to have neither predecessors nor successors |
| 巧妇难为无米之炊 | 巧婦難為無米之炊 | qiǎofùnánwéiwúmǐzhīchuī | - The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment. |
| 巨无霸汉堡包指数 | 巨無霸漢堡包指數 | JùwúbàhànbǎobāoZhǐshù | - Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies |
| 无线电管理委员会 | 無線電管理委員會 | wúxiàndiànguǎnlǐwěiyuánhuì | - Wireless transmission regulatory commission |
| 空穴来风未必无因 | 空穴來風未必無因 | kòngxuéláifēngwèibìwúyīn | - wind does not come from an empty cave without reason - there's no smoke without fire (idiom) |
| 上天无路，入地无门 | 上天無路，入地無門 | shàngtiānwúlù,rùdìwúmén | - 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 |
| 不孝有三，无后为大 | 不孝有三，無後為大 | bùxiàoyǒusān,wúhòuwéidà | - There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]) |
| 不求有功，但求无过 | 不求有功，但求無過 | bùqiúyǒugōng,dànqiúwúguò | - special achievement not required, just no hyperactive blunders (idiom); not hoping to acquire merit, just avoiding mistakes - Take it easy and keep your nose clean. |
| 人无远虑，必有近忧 | 人無遠慮，必有近憂 | rénwúyuǎnlǜ,bìyǒujìnyōu | - He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). - Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow. |
| 人生短暂，学术无涯 | 人生短暫，學術無涯 | rénshēngduǎnzàn,xuéshùwúyá | - Life is short, learning is limitless - Ars longa, vita brevis |
| 嘴上无毛，办事不牢 | 嘴上無毛，辦事不牢 | zuǐshàngwúmáo,bànshìbùláo | - see 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢|嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zui3 shang4 mei2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2] |
| 天低吴楚，眼空无物 | 天低吳楚，眼空無物 | tiāndīWúChǔ,yǎnkōngwúwù | - the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon |
| 战无不胜，攻无不克 | 戰無不勝，攻無不克 | zhànwúbùshèng,gōngwúbùkè | - to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering - ever victorious - nothing they can't do |
| 战无不胜，攻无不取 | 戰無不勝，攻無不取 | zhànwúbùshèng,gōngwúbùqǔ | - to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering - ever victorious - nothing they can't do |
| 打蛇不死，后患无穷 | 打蛇不死，後患無窮 | dǎshébùsǐ,hòuhuànwúqióng | - beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (idiom); nip the problem in the bud |
| 攻无不克，战无不胜 | 攻無不克，戰無不勝 | gōngwúbùkè,zhànwúbùshèng | - to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering - ever victorious - nothing they can't do |
| 有则改之，无则加勉 | 有則改之，無則加勉 | yǒuzégǎizhī,wúzéjiāmiǎn | - correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom) |
| 欲加之罪，何患无辞 | 欲加之罪，何患無辭 | yùjiāzhīzuì,héhuànwúcí | - If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb - Give a dog a bad name, then hang him. |
| 瓜无滚圆，人无十全 | 瓜無滾圓，人無十全 | guāwúgǔnyuán,rénwúshíquán | - no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb) |
| 老鼠拉龟，无从下手 | 老鼠拉龜，無從下手 | lǎoshǔlāguī,wúcóngxiàshǒu | - like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) - no clue where to start |
| 苦海无边，回头是岸 | 苦海無邊，回頭是岸 | kǔhǎiwúbiān,huítóushìàn | - The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. - Repent and ye shall be saved! |
| 落花有意，流水无情 | 落花有意，流水無情 | luòhuāyǒuyì,liúshuǐwúqíng | - lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) - fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love) |
| 言者无意，听者有心 | 言者無意，聽者有心 | yánzhěwúyì,tīngzhěyǒuxīn | - to take a casual remark to heart (idiom) |
| 言者无罪，闻者足戒 | 言者無罪，聞者足戒 | yánzhěwúzuì,wénzhězújiè | - don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously |
| 食之无味，弃之不甘 | 食之無味，棄之不甘 | shízhīwúwèi,qìzhībùgān | - see 食之無味，棄之可惜|食之无味，弃之可惜[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1] |
| 食之无味，弃之可惜 | 食之無味，棄之可惜 | shízhīwúwèi,qìzhīkěxī | - lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) - fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them |
| 饱食终日，无所用心 | 飽食終日，無所用心 | bǎoshízhōngrì,wúsuǒyòngxīn | - to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) - to be sated with food and remain idle |
| 全世界无产者联合起来 | 全世界無產者聯合起來 | quánshìjièwúchǎnzhěliánhéqǐlai | - Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch! - Workers of the world, unite! |
| 无事献殷勤，非奸即盗 | 無事獻殷勤，非姦即盜 | wúshìxiànyīnqín,fēijiānjídào | - one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom) |
| 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯 | 吾生也有涯，而知也無涯 | wúshēngyěyǒuyá,érzhīyěwúyá | - Life is short, learning is limitless - Ars longa, vita brevis |
| 天下无难事，只怕有心人 | 天下無難事，只怕有心人 | tiānxiàwúnánshì,zhǐpàyǒuxīnrén | - lit. nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set (idiom) |
| 山中无老虎，猴子称大王 | 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王 | shānzhōngwúlǎohǔ,hóuzichēngdàiwang | - in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king |
| 花有重开日，人无再少年 | 花有重開日，人無再少年 | huāyǒuchóngkāirì,rénwúzàishàonián | - a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb) |
| 中国无线电频谱管理和监测 | 中國無線電頻譜管理和監測 | Zhōngguówúxiàndiànpínpǔguǎnlǐhéjiāncè | - China state radio regulation committee SRRC |
| 人非生而知之者，熟能无惑 | 人非生而知之者，熟能無惑 | rénfēishēngérzhīzhīzhě,shúnéngwúhuò | - Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? - We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈) |
| 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 | 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 | mǎwúyècǎobùféi,rénwúwàikuàibùfù | - a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom) |
| 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无 | 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可無 | hàirénzhīxīnbùkěyǒu,fángrénzhīxīnbùkěwú | - refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb) |
| 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 | 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰 | yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfā,wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn | - lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree - fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect - well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it |
| 穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲 | 窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親 | qióngzàinàoshìwúrénwèn,fùzàishēnshānyǒuyuǎnqīn | - the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain |
| 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 | 踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫 | tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchù,déláiquánbùfèigōngfu | - to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily |
| 无一事而不学，无一时而不学，无一处而不得 | 無一事而不學，無一時而不學，無一處而不得 | wúyīshìérbùxué,wúyīshíérbùxué,wúyīchǔérbùdé | - Study everything, at all times, everywhere (Zhu Xi 朱熹) |
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