"不住" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 不住 | bù zhù | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) / repeatedly / continuously / constantly |   | |
Approximate Results for 不住 | ||||
| 忍不住 | rěn bu zhù | cannot help / unable to bear | | |
| 禁不住 | jīn bu zhù | can't help it / can't bear it | | |
| 对不住 | duì bu zhù | to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal) | | |
| 记不住 | jì bu zhù | can't remember | | |
| 经不住 | jīng bu zhù | to be unable to bear | | |
| 靠不住 | kào bu zhù | unreliable | | |
| 保不住 | bǎo bu zhù | cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well | | |
| 憋不住 | biē bu zhù | to be unable to repress sth / to be unable to contain oneself | | |
| 架不住 | jià bu zhù | (coll.) unable to withstand / cannot bear / can't stand it / no match for | | |
| 吃不住 | chī bu zhù | to be unable to bear or support | | |
| 绷不住 | bēng bu zhù | (Internet slang) can't contain oneself / unable to bear / can't help (doing sth) | | |
| 戳不住 | chuō bu zhù | not up to it / cannot stand the test | | |
| 刹不住 | shā bu zhù | unable to brake (stop) | | |
| 按捺不住 | àn nà bu zhù | to be unable to hold back | | |
| 沉不住气 | chén bù zhù qì | to lose one's cool / to get impatient / unable to remain calm | | |
| 站不住脚 | zhàn bu zhù jiǎo | ill-founded / groundless | | |
| 纸包不住火 | zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ | lit. paper can't wrap fire / fig. the truth will out | | |
| 水浅养不住大鱼 | shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú | lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) / fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization | | |
| 舍不得孩子套不住狼 | shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng | one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things | | |
