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  • 1

    v.cannot bear/stand/endure

    • dà jiā dōu bù kān qí kǔ

      大家不堪

      Everyone cannot bear the hardships.

    • tí gāo lì lǜ yǐ shǐ zhù fáng chǎn yè bù kān fù hè

      提高利率使住房产业不堪负荷

      Higher interest rates are already pinching the housing industry.

    • tā mà le wǒ jǐ jù bù kān rù ěr de huà

      不堪

      He scolded me a few nasty words.

  • 2

    adv.(used after words with negative meaning) utter; extreme; utterly; extremely

    • láng bèi bù kān

      狼狈不堪

      in a sorry plight

    • hùn luàn bù kān

      混乱不堪

      utterly chaotic

    • tā jiā pín kùn bù kān

      贫困不堪

      His family is extremely poor.

  • 3

    adj.extremely bad/undesirable; awful