买不起 (買不起)
mǎi bu qǐ
Pinyin

Definition

买不起 (買不起)
 - 
mǎi bu qǐ
  1. cannot afford
  2. can't afford buying

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

三千块钱，太贵了，我买不起。
sānqiān kuàiqián ，tài guì le ，wǒ mǎi bù qǐ 。
Three thousand dollars! That's way to expensive. I can't afford that.
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这些我们都买不起，那我们来这里干嘛？
zhèxiē wǒmen dōu mǎibuqǐ ，nà wǒmen lái zhèlǐ gànmá ？
If we can't afford anything in here, then why are we here at all?
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你什么都可惜，家里堆了一大堆旧东西，咱们家又不是买不起，该换就要换。
nǐ shénme dōu kěxī ，jiālǐ duī le yīdàduī jiù dōngxi ，zánmen jiā yòu bù shì mǎibuqǐ ，gāi huàn jiùyào huàn 。
Everything's a pity for you. There's a big pile of old things at home. It's not as if we can't afford it, if we need to change something we should change it.
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二十年算小事了，真正贵的房子是不吃不喝一百年都买不起的啊！
èrshí nián suàn xiǎoshì le ，zhēnzhèng guì de fángzi shì bùchībùhē yībǎi nián dōu mǎibuqǐ de ā ！
Twenty years doesn't sound too bad, the really expensive places you can't afford even if you fast for 100 years!
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我们上班族当然买不起飞机
wǒmen shàngbān zú dāngrán mǎibuqǐ fēijī
Of course we office workers can't afford to buy a plane.
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买不起：说的是一种“没有钱”、“不是有钱人”的事实。
mǎibuqǐ ：shuōdeshì yīzhǒng “méiyǒu qián ”、“bùshì yǒuqiánrén ”de shìshí 。
can't afford to buy: a way to describe the reality of "not having money", "not a rich person".
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我不喜欢名牌。此外，我也买不起。
wǒ bù xǐhuan míngpái 。cǐwài ，wǒ yě mǎibuqǐ 。
I don't like name brands. Additionally, I can't afford them.
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买不起。
mǎi bu qǐ 。
I can't afford it.
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这还用猜？地球人都知道。温州人里面，十个有九个就是炒房客。温州炒房团开到哪儿，哪儿的房价就疯涨。害得我们买不起房的罪魁祸首就是他们。连老外都怕他们三分。
zhè hái yòng cāi ？dìqiúrén dōu zhīdào 。Wēnzhōurén lǐmiàn ，shí gè yǒu jiǔ gè jiùshì chǎofángkè 。Wēnzhōu chǎofángtuán kāi dào nǎr ，nǎr de fángjià jiù fēngzhǎng 。hài de wǒmen mǎibuqǐ fáng de zuìkuíhuòshǒu jiùshì tāmen 。lián lǎowài dōu pà tāmen sānfēn 。
Do you even need to guess? The whole world knows - nine out of ten Wenzhounese are real estate developers. Wherever Wenzhounese real estate groups open, the housing prices skyrocket. Wenzhounese are the culprits behind us being unable to afford homes. Even foreigners are a little afraid of them.
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等我们知道了，不是买不起，就是跌得你不敢买。前两年，我被朋友鼓动了去炒股，结果我一入市，股市就跌不停。
děng wǒmen zhīdào le ，bùshì mǎibuqǐ ，jiùshì diē de nǐ bù gǎn mǎi 。qián liǎng nián ，wǒ bèi péngyou gǔdòng le qù chǎogǔ ，jiéguǒ wǒ yī rùshì ，gǔshì jiù diē bù tíng 。
Once we know, we either can't afford it, or it's dropped so much, we don't dare to buy it. Two years ago, a friend of mine got me to invest in the stock market. In the end, the minute I invested in anything, it just wouldn't stop dropping.
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