1 see also: 上声 shǎng shēng

1 (negative prefix)

2 not

3 no

1 (completed action marker)

2 (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)

3 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1 up and down

2 top and bottom

3 old and new

4 length

5 about

1 to come up

2 to approach

3 (verb complement indicating success)

1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end

2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.

3 in for a penny, in for a pound

1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)

2 to throw a tantrum

1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)

2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on

3 complete ignorance

1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible

2 spotless

1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)