不住
word A2- (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc)
- repeatedly; continuously; constantly
Its characters
Words with it
- 忍不住 rěn bu zhù cannot help
- 禁不住 jīn bu zhù can't help it
- 靠不住 kào bu zhù unreliable
- 保不住 bǎo bu zhù cannot maintain
- 站不住脚 zhàn bu zhù jiǎo ill-founded
- 记不住 jì bu zhù can't remember
- 对不住 duì bu zhù to let sb down
- 憋不住 biē bu zhù to be unable to repress sth
- 按捺不住 àn nà bu zhù to be unable to hold back
- 经不住 jīng bu zhù to be unable to bear
From the library
一霎时，离大船已经不远了，三人仍拿远镜不住细看。
那妇人牵了孩子，嘴里不住咭咭咕咕的骂着，就回去了。
」管事的再三挽留不住，只好当晚设酒饯行。
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