zhòngyīngguànyòngduǎnyù:
  •   ( méi yòu rén jiè shào de qíng kuàng xià ) shè jié shí ( mǒu rén ); ( tóng mǒu rén ) jié jiāo   scrape up an acquaintance
  •   ( méi yòu de ) miàn fěn   whole meal
  •   ( liè gǒu ) xiàng méi yòu liè de shù luàn fèi ; jīng huā zài gāi huā de fāng ; gōng cuò liǎo biāo , cuò guài liǎo rén   bark up the wrong tree
  •   ( nán rén ) méi yòu chuān shàng , zhǐ chuānzhuó chèn shān   in one's shirt sleeves
  •   ( xiū ) liǎn niǔ guò ; méi yòu liǎn jiàn rén   hide one's face
  •   ( yán lùn děng ) méi yòu gēn , zhàn zhù jiǎo   have not a leg to stand on
  •   ( lùn diǎn děng ) jīng kǎo yàn ; zhàn zhù jiǎo ; méi yòu shuō   won't wash
  •   ( wèn děng ) huí dào yuán lái de zhuàng tài ( méi yòu jiě jué )   back to square one
  •   ( hēi , xíng ) táo tuō jiǎo xíng , méi bèi jiǎo   queer the noose
  • pref.  - shì méi yòu dìng guī xún de , zhǐ hǎo liú xīn zhú zhù .   It is not possible to predict whether un-, in- or dis- is used with a particular word and the correct form must be noted and learned de qián zhuì jiū jìng shì yòng un-、 in- hái shì dis
  • pref.  - jiā zài míng xíng róng qián , biǎo shì méi yòu huò cún zài mǒu shì   Non- and un- are the most freelyadded prefixes. *non- un- zài shǐ yòng shàng zuì wéi yóu .Non-isusedwithnouns,adjectivesandadverbsandindicatesanabsenceofsomething*non
  •   [ ] qián méi yòu   without a bean
  •   [ ] méi yòu shénme liǎo ; píng cháng hěn   no great scratch [shakes, things, shucks]
  •   [ ] qián méi yòu   haven't a bean
  •   [ ] qián méi yòu , qióng dào diǎn   be broke to the wide [world]
  •   [ ] qián méi yòu , qióng dào diǎn   broke to the wide