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There are 24 total results for your 不住 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

不住

see styles
bù zhù
    bu4 zhu4
pu chu
 fujū
(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly
does not abide

不住色

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bù zhù sè
    bu4 zhu4 se4
pu chu se
 fujūshiki
not abiding in form

保不住

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bǎo bu zhù
    bao3 bu5 zhu4
pao pu chu
cannot maintain (something); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well

剎不住


刹不住

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shā bu zhù
    sha1 bu5 zhu4
sha pu chu
unable to brake (stop)

吃不住

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chī bu zhù
    chi1 bu5 zhu4
ch`ih pu chu
    chih pu chu
to be unable to bear or support

對不住


对不住

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duì bu zhù
    dui4 bu5 zhu4
tui pu chu
to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal)

忍不住

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rěn bu zhù
    ren3 bu5 zhu4
jen pu chu
cannot help; unable to bear

憋不住

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biē bu zhù
    bie1 bu5 zhu4
pieh pu chu
to be unable to repress something; to be unable to contain oneself

戳不住

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chuō bu zhù
    chuo1 bu5 zhu4
ch`o pu chu
    cho pu chu
not up to it; cannot stand the test

架不住

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jià bu zhù
    jia4 bu5 zhu4
chia pu chu
(coll.) unable to withstand; cannot bear; can't stand it; no match for

禁不住

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jīn bu zhù
    jin1 bu5 zhu4
chin pu chu
can't help it; can't bear it

經不住


经不住

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jīng bu zhù
    jing1 bu5 zhu4
ching pu chu
to be unable to bear

繃不住


绷不住

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bēng bu zhù
    beng1 bu5 zhu4
peng pu chu
(Internet slang) can't contain oneself; unable to bear; can't help (doing something)

記不住


记不住

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jì bu zhù
    ji4 bu5 zhu4
chi pu chu
can't remember

靠不住

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kào bu zhù
    kao4 bu5 zhu4
k`ao pu chu
    kao pu chu
unreliable

不住涅槃

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bú zhù niè pán
    bu2 zhu4 nie4 pan2
pu chu nieh p`an
    pu chu nieh pan
 fujū nehan
nirvāṇa of no abiding

一所不住

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 isshofujuu / isshofuju
    いっしょふじゅう
(1) (yoji) vagrant; (2) transient lifestyle

刹那不住

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chàn à bù zhù
    chan4 a4 bu4 zhu4
ch`an a pu chu
    chan a pu chu
 setsuna fujū
not even abiding for an instant

按捺不住

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àn nà bu zhù
    an4 na4 bu5 zhu4
an na pu chu
to be unable to hold back

沉不住氣


沉不住气

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chén bù zhù qì
    chen2 bu4 zhu4 qi4
ch`en pu chu ch`i
    chen pu chu chi
to lose one's cool; to get impatient; unable to remain calm

站不住腳


站不住脚

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zhàn bu zhù jiǎo
    zhan4 bu5 zhu4 jiao3
chan pu chu chiao
ill-founded; groundless

紙包不住火


纸包不住火

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zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ
    zhi3 bao1 bu4 zhu4 huo3
chih pao pu chu huo
lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out

水淺養不住大魚


水浅养不住大鱼

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shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú
    shui3 qian3 yang3 bu4 zhu4 da4 yu2
shui ch`ien yang pu chu ta yü
    shui chien yang pu chu ta yü
lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom); fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization

捨不得孩子套不住狼


舍不得孩子套不住狼

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shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng
    she3 bu4 de5 hai2 zi5 tao4 bu4 zhu4 lang2
she pu te hai tzu t`ao pu chu lang
    she pu te hai tzu tao pu chu lang
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb); (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 24 results for "不住" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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