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不过 guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)
liǎo to finish / (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3])
不得不 have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
无所谓 suǒ wèi to be indifferent / not to matter / cannot be said to be
忍不住 rěn bu zhù cannot help / unable to bear
不足 insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
不能不 néng have to / cannot but
赶不上 gǎn shàng can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake
冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4]
不堪 kān cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely
不由得 yóu de can't help / cannot but
难说 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
情不自禁 qíng jīn (idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but
少不了 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
顾不上 bu shàng cannot attend to or manage
买不起 mǎi bu cannot afford / can't afford buying
不容 róng must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate
办不到 bàn bu dào cannot be done; not feasible; impossible to accomplish
未能 wèi néng cannot / to fail to / unable to
下不来 xià lái awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished
会不会 huì huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not
未可 wèi cannot
木已成舟 chéng zhōu lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone
鞭长莫及 biān cháng lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help
目不识丁 shí dīng lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate


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