無所不至
简 无所不至 · 繁 無所不至Meanings
- to reach everywhere
- to stop at nothing
- to do one's utmost
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2–3–4–4 · wu2 suo3 bu4 zhi4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mou4 so2 bat1 zi3
Cantonese word readings for 無所不至. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to penetrate everywhere
- (idiomatic) to spare no pains (to do evil); to be capable of anything; to stop at nothing
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