不堪
bù kān
Pinyin
Definition
不堪
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- cannot bear
- cannot stand
- utterly
- extremely
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
Sample Sentences
其实啊,中国女性真正经济人格独立的屈指可数。在痛苦不堪的婚姻下她们多半还是会选择默默忍受。
Actually, you can count on your fingers the number of Chinese women who are financially and emotionally independent. However miserable their marriages, most of them still choose to put up with it in silence.
哈哈,那对于这种孝道文化您是“乐在其中”还是“不堪忍受”啊?
Ha ha, so are you like a fish to water in this culture of filial piety or can you not stand it?
确实啊,朝阳产业也是我们未来建筑设计的方向啊,我们已经步入老龄化社会了,但很多公共养老设施细节简直不堪入目。
Indeed, architectural design does seem to be moving towards sunrise industries. We've already become an aging society. However, when you get down to the nuts and bolts of facilities in publicly-run senior care homes, many of them are in an awful state.