| 不能 | [bù néng, ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ, 不 能] cannot; must not; should not #163 [Add to Longdo] |
| 能不能 | [néng bù néng, ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ, 能 不 能] can or cannot?; Is it possible?; Can we do it? #3,155 [Add to Longdo] |
| 不能不 | [bù néng bù, ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ, 不 能 不] have to; cannot but #6,969 [Add to Longdo] |
| 无所不能 | [wú suǒ bù néng, ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ, 无 所 不 能 / 無 所 不 能] omnipotent #30,221 [Add to Longdo] |
| 贫贱不能移 | [pín jiàn bù néng yí, ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄧˊ, 贫 贱 不 能 移 / 貧 賤 不 能 移] not shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute #93,877 [Add to Longdo] |
| 富贵不能淫 | [fù guì bù néng yín, ㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄧㄣˊ, 富 贵 不 能 淫 / 富 貴 不 能 淫] not corrupted by wealth and honors #93,886 [Add to Longdo] |
| 不以规矩，不能成方圆 | [bù yǐ guī ju, bù néng chéng fāng yuán, ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄐㄩ˙, ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄤ ㄩㄢˊ, 不 以 规 矩 ， 不 能 成 方 圆 / 不 以 規 矩 ， 不 能 成 方 圓] without rules, nothing can be done (成语 saw, from Mencius); one must follow some rules [Add to Longdo] |
| 不能抵抗 | [bù néng dǐ kàng, ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄉㄧˇ ㄎㄤˋ, 不 能 抵 抗] irresistible [Add to Longdo] |
| 恨不能 | [hèn bu néng, ㄏㄣˋ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄋㄥˊ, 恨 不 能] wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; can't wait for; to wish one could do sth; to desire strongly (esp. sth unattainable) [Add to Longdo] |
| 书写不能症 | [shū xiě bù néng zhèng, ㄕㄨ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ, 书 写 不 能 症 / 書 寫 不 能 症] agraphia [Add to Longdo] |