There is nothing one does not… (无所不)

Structure 无所不 + monosyllabic verb (无所不知 / 无所不能 / 无所不在)

无所不 (wú suǒ bù) is a literary double negative built with the nominalising particle 所: literally "there is nothing one does not…", i.e. one does/knows/covers everything. It matches the English prefix "omni-": 无所不知 "omniscient", 无所不能 "omnipotent", 无所不在 "omnipresent", 无所不包 "all-embracing". It is always followed by a monosyllabic verb and forms fixed four-character expressions (chengyu) of written register; you don't coin new combinations freely.

Examples

他tā博bó览lǎn群qún书shū，几jī乎hū无wú所suǒ不bù知zhī。
He has read widely and there is hardly anything he doesn't know.
人rén们men曾céng以yǐ为wéi科kē学xué无wú所suǒ不bù能néng。
People once believed that science could do anything.
如rú今jīn广guǎng告gào无wú所suǒ不bù在zài，让ràng人rén难nán以yǐ回huí避bì。
Nowadays advertising is everywhere and hard to escape.
这zhè家jiā公gōng司sī的de业yè务wù无wú所suǒ不bù包bāo。
This company's business covers absolutely everything.

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