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受不了 (shòu bù liǎo): meaning and stroke order

受不了 (shòu bù liǎo) means unbearable, unable to endure, can't stand.

受不了

Simplified
受不了
Traditional
受不了 (same form)
Pinyin
shòu bù liǎo

Stroke order of 受不了

受

  • shòu to receive; to accept
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

不

  • bù no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

了

  • le (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  • liǎo to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget")
  • liǎo (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted
  • 2 strokes
  • Traditional form: 瞭

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 受不了

  1. shòu bù liǎo
    • unbearable
    • unable to endure
    • can't stand

Radicals of the characters

受
Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 8 strokes
不
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 4 strokes · built from 丆 and 卜
了
Radical 亅 (Kangxi radical 6) · 2 strokes · 乛 on top, 亅 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

受不了 in our stories

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  • 有的人说自己热爱大自然，却受不了一只蚊子；有的人说想学外语，却从来不敢开口跟外国人说话。

    yǒu de rén shuō zìjǐ rè'ài dàzìrán què shòubuliǎo yì zhī wénzi yǒu de rén shuō xiǎng xué wàiyǔ què cónglái bù gǎn kāikǒu gēn wàiguórén shuōhuà

    Some people say they love nature but can't stand a single mosquito; others say they want to learn a foreign language but never dare to speak to a foreigner.

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 受不了

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).