MEANING/意义
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unable to meet a standard; cannot reach steadiness or firmness; (used as a complement after a verb) cannot stopType 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; unable to bear
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禁不住
cannot bear; cannot help; cannot help but; be unable to bear or endure
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憋不住
unable to suppress; can't control oneself; unable to hold oneself back
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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
cannot remember; be unable to remember
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经不住
cannot resist (e.g. temptation, test)
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靠不住
unreliable
