MEANING/意义
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(used as a complement after a verb) cannot stop，cannot reach steadiness or firmness，unable to meet a standardType phrase/词组/短语
...不住
EXAMPLES/列句
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纸包不住火。
You can't wrap fire in paper.
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我不住留学生楼。
I don't live in international student dormatory.
COMBINATIONS/组合
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忍不住
cannot help but...，unable to stop ... (an action from happening)
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憋不住
unable to suppress，unable to hold oneself back，can't control oneself
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对不住
(informal) feel sorry
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挂不住
cannot hang on，keep falling off; (dialect，figuratively) feel ashamed
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记不住
be unable to remember，cannot remember
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禁不住
be unable to bear or endure，cannot help but
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经不住
cannot resist (e.g. temptation，test)
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靠不住
unreliable
