"Impossible" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù kě néng impossible / cannot / not able
 bàn bu dào impossible / can't be done / no can do / unable to accomplish
 zuò bù dào impossible
 méi mén r no way / impossible
 xiāng tí bìng lùn to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
 pū shuò mí lí impossible to unravel / confusing
 shēn bù kě cè deep and unmeasurable (idiom) / unfathomable depths / incomprehensible / enigmatic and impossible to predict
 wú xiè kě jī (idiom) impossible to fault / impeccable
 fáng bù shèng fáng you can't guard against it (idiom) / impossible to defend effectively / not much one can do about it / It can't be prevented.
 bù kě kàng lì unpredictable eventuality / unpreventable / unavoidable / impossible to overcome / nothing can be done about it / act of God / force majeure
退 jìn tuì liǎng nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
 qí hǔ nán xià if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom) / fig. impossible to stop halfway
 jué chǔ féng shēng to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament
 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom)
退 jìn tuì wéi gǔ no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
 chā chì nán fēi lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom) / fig. impossible to escape
 yuán mù qiú yú lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) / fig. to attempt the impossible
 Jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
 shì chéng qí hǔ if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom) / fig. impossible to stop halfway
 bù kě duān ní impossible to get even an outline (idiom) / unfathomable / not a clue
 yǐ luǎn jī shí lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom) / to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
 nǐ yú bù lún to draw an impossible comparison
 yáng chù fān lí lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
 dī yáng chù fān lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
退 jìn tuì wéi nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
 táng bì dāng chē a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible / also written 螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车[tang2 bi4 dang3 che1]
 jiū chán bù qīng hopelessly muddled / impossible to unravel
 shì bù kě dāng impossible to resist (idiom) / an irresistible force
 bù kě jiě insoluble (i.e. impossible to solve)
 jī hū bù kě néng almost impossible
 Zhāng fēi dǎ Yuè fēi lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei / fig. an impossible combination / an impossible turn of events (idiom)
 zhái bu kāi impossible to separate / impossible to disentangle / cannot take time out
 méi yǒu shén me bù kě néng nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
 huó bù xià qu impossible to make a living
 yù mín jade and jade-like stone / impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom)
 jué wàng de jìng dì desperate straits / impossible situation
 huī zhī bù qù impossible to get rid of
 yán bù kě chuán impossible to put into words / inexpressible
 zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)
 yī fā ér bù kě shōu to be impossible to stop once started
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