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Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 158)
- 架不住
- [jiàbuzhù]
- 1. cannot sustain (the weight); cannot stand (the pressure); cannot stand up against
- 2. be no match for; cannot compete with
Listen- 1. cannot do without
- 2. cannot avoid; have to
- the sea cannot be measured with a bushel—great minds cannot be fathomed
- an arrow fitted to the bowstring cannot avoid being discharged—one cannot but go ahead; one has reached the point of no return
- a powerful dragon cannot crush a snake in its old haunts—even a powerful man cannot crush a local bully
Examples (1-5 of 178)
- 不能自圆其说
- cannot offer a tenable argument; cannot justify oneself → 自圆其说
- 罪责难逃
- cannot escape the responsibility for the offence (or crime); cannot get away with it → 罪责
- 欲罢不能
- unable to stop even though one wants to; try to stop but cannot; cannot refrain from going on → 罢
- 瑕不掩瑜
- one flaw cannot mar the jade—small defects cannot obscure great virtues → 瑜
- 巡抚大人好坏不分, 不算清官。
- The imperial inspector cannot be called a good official because he cannot tell good from bad. → 巡抚
