Chinese Notes

不能 bù néng

bù néng verb cannot; must not; should not
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不能')

不能臣使 not able to bring into subjection
金钱不能买来幸福(金錢不能買來幸福) money can't buy happiness
恨不能 wishing one could do something; to hate to be unable; itching to do something
不能抵抗 irresistible
静坐不能(靜坐不能) akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug); unable to sit still; hyperactivity
不以规矩，不能成方圆(不以規矩，不能成方圓) without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
富贵不能淫(富貴不能淫) not corrupted by wealth and honors
不能为生(不能為生) not able to support themselves
巴不能够(巴不能夠) avid; eager for; longing for; to look forward to
书写不能症(書寫不能症) agraphia
不能前 unable to make progress
钱不是万能的，没钱是万万不能的(錢不是萬能的，沒錢是萬萬不能的) money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing
不能不 have to; cannot but
无所不能(無所不能) omnipotent
欲罢不能(欲罷不能) want to stop but cannot
不能得地之利 will not be able to take advantage of the terrain
贫贱不能移(貧賤不能移) not shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
认识不能(認識不能) agnosia
不能自已 unable to control oneself; to be beside oneself

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昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 53
卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 46
襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 42
Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 41
卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 39
卷五　Scroll 5 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 35
卷五十五列傳第二十五夏侯湛潘岳張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 33
卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 31
卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 31
卷十一　齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 30

不能蓺 (不能蓺) 不能蓺稷黍 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧鴇羽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Bao Yu — count: 3
不能脩 (不能脩) 衞不能脩方伯連率之職 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧旄丘 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Mao Qiu — count: 3
不能救 (不能救) 自傷不能救也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧載馳 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Zai Chi — count: 3
不能旋 (不能旋) 不能旋反 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧載馳 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Zai Chi — count: 2
不能用 (不能用) 不能用其民 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧園有桃 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Yuan You Tao — count: 2
不能事 (不能事) 不能事鬼神 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2
不能进 (不能進) 角不能進 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
畏不能 (畏不能) 畏不能趨 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧緜蠻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Mian Man — count: 2
尧不能 (堯不能) 堯不能舉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2
不能久 (不能久) 秦不能久 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2