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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不了 [bùliǎo]
  1. 1. (used after a verb plus 个) without end
    一天到晚忙个不了
    busy from morning till night
    大雨下个不了
    The rain kept pouring down.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不了 [bùliǎo]
  1. 1. 不停;没完(多用在动词加"个"之后作补语)
    忙个不了
    哭个不了
  2. 2. 用在动词后表示不可能或不能够
    不了
    动弹不了
    筐里装不了这么多西瓜

Examples

她来不了不碍事。
It doesn't matter if she can't come. 碍事
这样多的事,一个人包揽不了
No one person can take on so much work. 包揽
我怎么也报答不了您的恩情。
How can I ever repay you for your kindness? 报答
我的手太笨,干不了这活。
I'm all thumbs and no good for this.
一天到晚忙个不了
busy from morning till night 不了
大雨下个不了
The rain kept pouring down. 不了
你放心吧,出不了岔子。
Don't worry, nothing will go wrong. 岔子
他成不了大事。
He can't accomplish anything significant.
不了什么气候
will not get anywhere 成气候
他那儿子将来成不了器。
His boy will never come to anything. 成器

Word Decomposition


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