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  Trad Simp Mandarin Definition Days old Ver
比不了 比不了 [bi3 bu4 liao3] /cannot compare to/to be no match for/ 2108 1
不了 不了 [bu4 le5] /no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)/ 2515 1
不了了之 不了了之 [bu4 liao3 liao3 zhi1] /to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled/to end up with nothing definite/ 5118 1
不了 不了 [[bu4liao3]] /(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth)/(pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly/ 874 2
成不了氣候 成不了气候 [[cheng2bu5liao3 qi4hou4]] /won't get far; unlikely to be successful/ 418 2
吃不了兜著走 吃不了兜着走 [chi1 bu5 liao3 dou1 zhe5 zou3] /lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)/fig. you'll have to take the consequences/ 5731 1
大不了 大不了 [[da4bu5liao3]] /at worst; if worst comes to worst/(usu. in the negative) serious; alarming/ 445 2
狗改不了吃屎 狗改不了吃屎 [gou3 gai3 bu4 liao3 chi1 shi3] /lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom)/fig. bad habits are hard to change/ 4861 1
[[liao3]] /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/variant of 瞭|了[liao3]/ 4 2
免不了 免不了 [mian3 bu4 liao3] /unavoidable/can't be avoided/ 6715 1
跑得了和尚,跑不了廟 跑得了和尚,跑不了庙 [pao3 de2 liao3 he2 shang4 , pao3 bu4 liao3 miao4] /the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)/you can run this time, but you'll have to come back/I'll get you sooner or later/ 2365 1
跑了和尚,跑不了寺 跑了和尚,跑不了寺 [pao3 le5 he2 shang4 , pao3 bu4 liao3 si4] /the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)/you can run this time, but you'll have to come back/I'll get you sooner or later/ 5969 1
跑了和尚跑不了廟 跑了和尚跑不了庙 [pao3 le5 he2 shang4 pao3 bu4 liao3 miao4] /the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)/you can run this time, but you'll have to come back/I'll get you sooner or later/also written 跑得了和尚,跑不了廟|跑得了和尚,跑不了庙[pao3 de2 liao3 he2 shang4 , pao3 bu4 liao3 miao4]/ 2365 1
上不得臺盤 上不得台盘 [[shang4bu4de2 tai2pan2]] /see 上不了檯面|上不了台面[shang4bu4liao3 tai2mian4]/ 0 2
上不了檯面 上不了台面 [[shang4bu4liao3 tai2mian4]] /too disreputable, crude or inferior to be presented publicly or taken seriously/ 0 2
上不了臺面 上不了台面 [[shang4bu4liao3 tai2mian4]] /variant of 上不了檯面|上不了台面[shang4bu4liao3 tai2mian4]/ 0 2
少不了 少不了 [shao3 bu5 liao3] /cannot do without/to be unavoidable/are bound to be many/ 6103 1
受不了 受不了 [shou4 bu4 liao3] /unbearable/unable to endure/can't stand/ 7012 1
死不了 死不了 [si3 bu4 liao3] /Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)/ 7120 1
算不了 算不了 [suan4 bu4 liao3] /does not count for anything/of no account/ 4829 1
兔子尾巴長不了 兔子尾巴长不了 [tu4 zi5 wei3 ba5 chang2 bu5 liao3] /rabbits don't have long tails (idiom)/its days are numbered/won't last long/ 2234 1
脫不了身 脱不了身 [tuo1 bu4 liao3 shen1] /busy and unable to get away/ 6595 1
忘不了 忘不了 [[wang4bu5liao3]] /cannot forget/ 551 2
下不了臺 下不了台 [xia4 bu5 liao3 tai2] /to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully/to be put on the spot/to be embarrassed/ 3473 1
心急吃不了熱豆腐 心急吃不了热豆腐 [xin1 ji2 chi1 bu5 liao3 re4 dou4 fu5] /hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)/one just has to be patient/haste will ruin everything/ 5418 1
也好不了多少 也好不了多少 [ye3 hao3 bu5 liao3 duo1 shao3] /hardly any better/just as bad/ 4336 1
用不了 用不了 [yong4 bu5 liao3] /to not use all of/to use less than/ 7120 1
遠水不救近火 远水不救近火 [yuan3 shui3 bu4 jiu4 jin4 huo3] /see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3]/ 4384 1
遠水救不了近火 远水救不了近火 [yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3] /water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here/(fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency/ 2644 1

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