1 (negative prefix)

2 not

3 no

1 to die

2 impassable

3 uncrossable

4 inflexible

5 rigid

6 extremely

7 damned

1 oneself

2 one's own

1 not long (after)

2 before too long

3 soon

4 soon after

1 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)

2 fig. (jocularly) extremely

3 awfully

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 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)

2 fig. to ride on sb else's success

3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too

4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

1 to live miles apart (idiom)

1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)

2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)

1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)