靠不住
kào bu zhù
Pinyin

Definition

靠不住
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kào bu zhù
  1. unreliable

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
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...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than

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

我想过了，光漂亮是靠不住的。找老婆还是得找那种实在点的。
wǒ xiǎngguò le ，guāng piàoliang shì kào bùzhù de 。zhǎo lǎopó hái shì děi zhǎo nà zhǒng shízài diǎn de 。
I've given it some thought. Girls who are just pretty are unreliable. When you're looking for a wife, it's good to get one with her feet on the ground.
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赛场上什么情况都可能发生，内幕消息靠不住。不过我是从来不会买官方推荐的马的，他们的马场八成就是靠这个来挣钱的！
sàichǎng shàng shénme qíngkuàng dōu kěnéng fāshēng ，nèimù xiāoxi kàobuzhù 。bùguò wǒ shì cónglái bùhuì mǎi guānfāng tuījiàn de mǎ de ，tāmen de mǎchǎng bāchéng jiùshì kào zhè ge lái zhèngqián de ！
Anything could happen during the race. Inside information isn't reliable. But I never bet on officially recommended horses. More likely than not, that's how these tracks make their money!
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又帅又有钱的靠不住；老实的没情趣；浪漫的不踏实。
yòu shuài yòu yǒuqián de kàobuzhù ；lǎoshi de méi qíngqù ；làngmàn de bù tāshi 。
Those with looks and money are not reliable. An honest but simple man is boring, and a romantic is not dependable.
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