無所不至

简 无所不至 · 繁 無所不至
Mandarin · pinyin wú suǒ bù zhì

Meanings

  1. to reach everywhere
  2. to stop at nothing
  3. to do one's utmost
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無
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所
suǒ · place, location; numerary adjunct
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
至
zhì · reach, arrive; extremely, very; Kangxi radical 133
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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2–3–4–4 · wu2 suo3 bu4 zhi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 so2 bat1 zi3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to penetrate everywhere
  2. (idiomatic) to spare no pains (to do evil); to be capable of anything; to stop at nothing

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