"不了" • Chinese-English Dictionary
Results for 不了 | ||||
| 不了 | bù liǎo | unable to / without end |   | |
| 不了 | bù le | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | | |
Results beginning with 不了 | ||||
| 不了了之 | bù liǎo liǎo zhī | to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite | | |
Approximate Results for 不了 | ||||
| 受不了 | shòu bù liǎo | unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand | | |
| 大不了 | dà bù liǎo | at worst / if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious / alarming | | |
| 忘不了 | wàng bù liǎo | cannot forget | | |
| 少不了 | shǎo bu liǎo | cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many | | |
| 免不了 | miǎn bù liǎo | unavoidable / can't be avoided | | |
| 死不了 | sǐ bù liǎo | Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) | | |
| 算不了 | suàn bù liǎo | does not count for anything / of no account | | |
| 比不了 | bǐ bù liǎo | cannot compare to / to be no match for | | |
| 用不了 | yòng bu liǎo | to not use all of / to use less than | | |
| 下不了台 | xià bu liǎo tái | to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed | | |
| 脱不了身 | tuō bù liǎo shēn | busy and unable to get away | | |
| 成不了气候 | chéng bu liǎo qì hòu | won't get far / unlikely to be successful | | |
| 上不了台面 | shàng bù liǎo tái miàn | better kept under the table (idiom) / not to be disclosed / too inferior to show in public | | |
| 吃不了兜着走 | chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu | lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences | | |
| 狗改不了吃屎 | gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ | lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change | | |
| 也好不了多少 | yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo | hardly any better / just as bad | | |
| 兔子尾巴长不了 | tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo | rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long | | |
| 远水救不了近火 | yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ | water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency | | |
| 跑了和尚跑不了庙 | pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miào | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later / also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟|跑得了和尚，跑不了庙[pao3 de2 liao3 he2 shang4 , pao3 bu4 liao3 miao4] | | |
| 心急吃不了热豆腐 | xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu | hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything | | |
| 跑了和尚，跑不了庙 | pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later | | |
| 跑了和尚，跑不了寺 | pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later | | |
| 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙 | pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later | | |
