"Whatever" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 rèn hé any / whatever / whichever / whatsoever
 bù lùn whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
 hǎo dǎi good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
 zěn me zhāo what? / how? / how about? / whatever / also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
 bù jū not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever
 wú lùn hé shì anything / whatever
 héng zhí (colloquial) whatever / come what may
 ài shéi shéi (coll.) whatever / who cares
 guǎn tā ne don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway
 guǎn tā de don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway
 gàn má what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?
 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means
 gāo dī height / altitude (aviation) / pitch (music) / ups and downs (success or failure) / whether sth is right or wrong / comparative strength, weight, depth, stature / (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever / eventually, in the end
 wéi suǒ yù wéi to do whatever one pleases
 yǒu qiú bì yìng to grant whatever is asked for / to accede to every plea
便 qǐng biàn Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home.
 fàng rèn zì liú to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
 léi dǎ bù dòng not shaken by thunder (idiom) / the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
 yī wèn sān bù zhī lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance
 yǎo wú yīn xìn to have no news whatever
 quán biàn to do whatever is expedient
 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn crude but simple methods (idiom) / use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works.
 jià jī suí jī If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom) / A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. / We must learn to accept the people around us.
 cóng xīn suǒ yù whatever you like / to do as one pleases
 tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔ lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others
 hú zhōu luàn chě to talk nonsense (idiom) / saying whatever comes into his head
 hú zhōu luàn shuō to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head
 hú zhōu luàn dào to talk nonsense (idiom) / saying whatever comes into his head
 hú zhōu bā chě to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head
 jiàn fēng shì yǔ lit. see the wind and assume it will rain (idiom) / fig. gullible / to believe whatever people suggest
 yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
 shùn fēng zhuǎn duò to act according to whatever is the current outlook / pragmatic / unprincipled
 gàn má why on earth / whatever for
 bù zhī chū yú hé zhǒng yuán yīn for whatever reason
 chéng hé tǐ tǒng What a scandal! / Whatever next?
 hú zhōu luàn bàng to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head
 suí kǒu hú zhōu to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head
 yào fēng dé fēng , yào yǔ dé yǔ to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way
 dào shén me shān shàng , chàng shén me gē lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
便 xī tīng zūn biàn (idiom) do as you see fit / do whatever you like / (I, we) leave it in your hands
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