不能 bù néng
bù néng
verb
cannot; must not; should not
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不能')
Contained in
- 不能臣使 not able to bring into subjection
- 金钱不能买来幸福(金錢不能買來幸福) money can't buy happiness
- 恨不能 wishing one could do something; to hate to be unable; itching to do something
- 不能抵抗 irresistible
- 静坐不能(靜坐不能) akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug); unable to sit still; hyperactivity
- 不以规矩,不能成方圆(不以規矩,不能成方圓) without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
- 富贵不能淫(富貴不能淫) not corrupted by wealth and honors
- 不能为生(不能為生) not able to support themselves
- 巴不能够(巴不能夠) avid; eager for; longing for; to look forward to
- 书写不能症(書寫不能症) agraphia
- 不能前 unable to make progress
- 钱不是万能的,没钱是万万不能的(錢不是萬能的,沒錢是萬萬不能的) money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing
- 不能不 have to; cannot but
- 无所不能(無所不能) omnipotent
- 欲罢不能(欲罷不能) want to stop but cannot
- 不能得地之利 will not be able to take advantage of the terrain
- 贫贱不能移(貧賤不能移) not shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
- 认识不能(認識不能) agnosia
- 不能自已 unable to control oneself; to be beside oneself
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 53
- 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 46
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 42
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 41
- 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 39
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 35
- 卷五十五 列傳第二十五 夏侯湛 潘岳 張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 33
- 卷二 俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 31
- 卷十八 趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 31
- 卷十一 齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 30
Collocations
- 不能蓺 (不能蓺) 不能蓺稷黍 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧鴇羽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Bao Yu — count: 3
- 不能脩 (不能脩) 衞不能脩方伯連率之職 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧旄丘 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Mao Qiu — count: 3
- 不能救 (不能救) 自傷不能救也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧載馳 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Zai Chi — count: 3
- 不能旋 (不能旋) 不能旋反 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧載馳 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Zai Chi — count: 2
- 不能用 (不能用) 不能用其民 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧園有桃 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Yuan You Tao — count: 2
- 不能事 (不能事) 不能事鬼神 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2
- 不能进 (不能進) 角不能進 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
- 畏不能 (畏不能) 畏不能趨 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧緜蠻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Mian Man — count: 2
- 尧不能 (堯不能) 堯不能舉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2
- 不能久 (不能久) 秦不能久 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2