没

(negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not

drowned / to end / to die / to inundate

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

surname Shu

bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set

to embezzle / to swallow up / to engulf

total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout

see 二話不說|二话不说[er4 hua4 bu4 shuo1]

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet

to appear and disappear unpredictably

even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)

a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)

dialectal equivalent of 沒有|没有[mei2 you3]

see 天下沒有不散的筵席|天下没有不散的筵席[tian1 xia4 mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan2 xi2]

all good things must come to an end (idiom)

lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side

almost / nearly / (i.e. same as 差點|差点[cha4 dian3])

have never / has never

lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet

see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝[san1 ge4 he2 shang5 mei2 shui3 he1]

lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet