zhòngyīngguànyòngduǎnyù:
  •    cóng lái méi xiǎng guò yào zhí .   The thought of resigning never crossed my mind, ie never occurred to me
  • adj.   cóng lái méi yòu jiàn guò zhè bān pèi de duì 'ér .   I've never seen such an incompatible couple
  • n.   cóng lái méi yòu guò 'āi mián mián de zuò pǐn !   I've never read such a load of mush
  • n.   cóng lái méi yòu guò zhè zhǒng xiǎng .   The thought never entered my head
  • n.   qián méi dào guò zhè huò zuò   This is an unfamiliar topic to me
  • indef det   qián méi guò niǔ yuē , mèi mèi méi guò .   I haven't been to New York before and neither has my sister
  • n.   qián hái méi yòu zài bái tiān kàn guò de huā yuán .   I haven't seen your garden in daylight before
  • n.   men shàng xīng cái bān de jiā , hái méi ān dùn xià lái .   We only moved house last week and we haven't settled in yet
  • v.   men zǎi tīng , dàn shí méi tīng jiàn .   We listened carefully but heard nothing
  • n.   men qián zhè jiā gōng méi yòu shāng wǎng lái .   We've had no previous dealings with this company
  •    men bǎo chí zhèn dìngtóng xīn xié jiù méi yòu wèn .   If we keep calm and stick together, we'll be all right
  • indef det   men liǎ méi dǒng de .   Neither one of us could understand German
  • adj.   men qián miàn de huò chē huá chū men zuǒ biān de , jiǎo xìng méi zhuàng shàng .   Luckily the van ahead of us skidded off the road on our left, but it was a very near miss
  • v.   men yuán xiǎng 'ān 'ān jìng jìng jiǎ , què méi yòu hái kǎo zài nèi .   We wanted a quiet holiday, but we had reckoned without the children
  • adv.   men diàn yǐng yuàn liǎo , méi dào fāng .   We went to the cinema and nowhere else, ie to no other place
  • n.   men huí lái zǎo , méi xiǎng dào zhèng zhuàng jiàn yòu zéi zhèng zài tōu guì chú de dōng .   We returned early and surprised the burglars searching through the cupboards