méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

water (氵) + gone under = have not / not yet

没 originally meant to sink or submerge in water — something gone beneath the surface. That sense of disappearance extended to negation: whatever you're looking for has vanished, it simply isn't there.

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WaterSemantic

Words with 没

过了这个村就没这个店

guò le zhè ge cūn jiù méi zhè ge diàn

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)

过了这村没这店

guò le zhè cūn méi zhè diàn

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)

钱不是万能的,没钱是万万不能的

qián bù shì wàn néng de , méi qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de

money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)

开弓没有回头箭

kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn

lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)

隐没

yǐn mò

to vanish gradually

黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心

huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián , méi ān hǎo xīn

see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2]

三个和尚没水吃

sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ chī

see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝[san1 ge4 he2 shang5 mei2 shui3 he1]

三个和尚没水喝

sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē

lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)

不干不净,吃了没病

bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng

a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)

二话没说

èr huà méi shuō

see 二話不說|二话不说[er4 hua4 bu4 shuo1]

全军覆没

quán jūn fù mò

total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout

八字没一撇

bā zì méi yī piě

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom)

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