概莫能外
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Chinese[edit]
general; approximate | do not; there is none who | ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able |
outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external | ||
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trad. (概莫能外) | 概 | 莫 | 能 | 外 | |
simp. #(概莫能外) | 概 | 莫 | 能 | 外 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
概莫能外
- to be no exception; to admit of no exception whatsoever
- 這是共通的道理,古今中外,概莫能外。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《矛盾論》 (On Contradiction), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Zhè shì gòngtōng de dàolǐ, gǔjīnzhōngwài, gàimònéngwài. [Pinyin]
- This is a universal truth for all times and all countries, which admits of no exception.
这是共通的道理,古今中外,概莫能外。 [MSC, simp.]