1 (negative prefix)

2 not

3 no

1 only

2 merely

3 just

4 but

1 can

2 may

3 able to

4 to approve

5 to permit

6 to suit

7 (particle used for emphasis) certainly

8 very

1 can

2 may

3 possible

4 able to

5 not bad

6 pretty good

1 concentrating one's thoughts and efforts

2 single-minded

3 bent on

4 intently

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)