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受不了

shòu liǎo

HSK 4 · word 2834 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

我受不了他。

wǒ shòu bù liǎo tā

I can't put up with him.

Characters in 受不了

to bear plus 不了, the potential ending meaning cannot manage it. 受得了 is the positive twin — able to stand it — and the /不了 pair works on many verbs.

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