| 力足以做 | lì zú yǐ zuò | afford / able to |  |
| 蔚成 | wèi chéng | to afford (a magnificent view etc) / to become (a prevailing fashion etc) | |
| 惹不起 | rě bu qǐ | can't afford to offend / dare not provoke / difficult to deal with / insufferable | |
| 吃得消 | chī de xiāo | to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford |  |
| 蔚为大观 | wèi wéi dà guān | to afford a magnificent sight (idiom) / enchanting | |
| 买不起 | mǎi bu qǐ | cannot afford / can't afford buying | |
| 负担不起 | fù dān bu qǐ | cannot afford / cannot bear the burden | |
| 输不起 | shū bù qǐ | to take defeat with bad grace / to be a sore loser / cannot afford to lose | |
| 留守儿童 | liú shǒu ér tóng | "left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them | |
| 无壳蜗牛 | wú ké wō niú | fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house | |
| 众怒难犯 | zhòng nù nán fàn | (idiom) one cannot afford to incur public wrath / it is dangerous to incur the anger of the masses | |
| 输得起 | shū de qǐ | can afford to lose / to take defeat with good grace | |
| 玩不起 | wán bu qǐ | can't afford to play / (fig.) can't accept it when one loses | |
