不了 bù liǎo

1. bù liǎo adverb to be unable to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不成功 (CC-CEDICT '不了'; Guoyu '不了' 3)
2. bù liǎo adverb without end
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不停 (CC-CEDICT '不了'; Guoyu '不了' 1)
3. bù liǎo adverb to not understand
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不明白 (Guoyu '不了' 2)

Contained in

• 心急吃不了热豆腐(心急吃不了熱豆腐) hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu; one just has to be patient; haste will ruin everything
• 免不了 unavoidable; can't be avoided
• 下不了台(下不了臺) to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully; to be put on the spot; to be embarrassed
• 吃不了 cannot eat
• 大不了 at worst; if worst comes to worst; serious; alarming
• 脱不了身(脫不了身) busy and unable to get away
• 远水救不了近火(遠水救不了近火) water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here
• 不了了之 to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite
• 死不了 Portulaca Sundial
• 吃不了兜着走(吃不了兜著走) if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home; you'll have to take the consequences
• 少不了 cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many
• 上不了台面(上不了檯面) better kept under the table; not to be disclosed; too inferior to show in public
• 也好不了多少 hardly any better; just as bad
• 受不了 unbearable
• 算不了 does not count for anything; of no account
• 不了解 to not understand ; do not understand
• 成不了气候(成不了氣候) won't get far; unlikely to be successful
• 用不了 to not use all of; to use less than
• 跑了和尚，跑不了寺 the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him; you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
• 忘不了 cannot forget
• 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙(跑得了和尚，跑不了廟) the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him; you can run this time, but you'll have to come back

Also contained in

跑了和尚跑不了庙 、 狗改不了吃屎

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 第八十四回 Chapter 84 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 43 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 75 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第八十五回 Chapter 85 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第九十六回 Chapter 96 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 33 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 第八十三回 Chapter 83 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第十五回 Chapter 15 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2