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受不了

shòu bù liǎo

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 3-character word

受不了 (shòu bù liǎo) means "unbearable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 受不了 means

1. unbearable
2. unable to endure
3. can't stand

The characters in 受不了

• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…

Example sentences

• 我受不了他。
  I can't put up with him.
• 我受不了了。
  I can't take it any more.
• 我再也受不了了！
  I can't stand it anymore.
• 我受不了这么热。
  I can't stand this heat.
• 我真的受不了了。
  I just can't take it anymore.
• 我受不了他的视线。
  Wǒ shòubùliǎo tā de shìxiàn.
  I can't bear the sight of him.

Where 受不了 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health & body (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shòu bù liǎo correctly.
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