"Nobody" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiǎo rén wù nonentity / a nobody
 mò mò wú wén obscure and unknown (idiom) / an outsider without any reputation / a nobody / an unknown quantity
 xiǎo zú foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn
 wú (literary) no / don't / to not have / nobody
 wú míng xiǎo zú insignificant soldier (idiom) / a nobody / nonentity
 míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn (lit.) name not encountered in the classics / unknown (person) / nobody
 méi yǒu rén nobody
 píng yōng zhī bèi a nobody / a nonentity
 sú là (slang) (Tw) coward / paper tiger / a nobody (from Taiwanese 卒仔, Tai-lo pr. [tsut-á])
 páng ruò wú rén to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others
 lái zhě bù jù to refuse nobody (idiom) / all comers welcome
 rén wú wán rén nobody is perfect / everyone has their defect
 sài wēng shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
 sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
 sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
 běi sǒu shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
 zhī zǐ mò ruò fù nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
 chuǎng kōng mén to break into a house when nobody is home
 zhì zhě qiān lu:4 , bì yǒu yī shī lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom) / fig. nobody is infallible
西 bù shì dōng xi (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing / worthless nobody / no-good
 lǐ duō rén bù guài nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom) / courtesy costs nothing
 tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked &mdash / nobody inside
 wú rén néng jí nobody can compete with / unmatched by anybody / without rival
 méi séi le (coll.) nobody can beat that / extraordinary / remarkable
 rén qiú person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents) / (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment
 sǐ le Zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom) / fig. nobody is indispensable
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