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吃不消

chī bu xiāo

3-character word

What 吃不消 means

1. to be unable to tolerate or endure
2. to find sth difficult to manage

The characters in 吃不消

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)

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