研定 yán dìng to consider and decide / to decide after investigating 顾不得 顧不得 gù bu de unable to change sth / unable to deal with syn 想不通 xiǎng bu tōng unable to understand / unable to get over 经不起 經不起 jīng bu qǐ can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist syn 容不得 róng bu dé unable to tolerate / intolerant / unable to bear sth 一蹶不振 yī jué bù zhèn one stumble, unable to rise (idiom) / a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch syn 憋不住 biē bu zhù to be unable to repress sth / to be unable to contain oneself 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions 拗不过 拗不過 niù bu guò can't persuade / unable to make (sb) change their mind / unable to resist (sb) syn 盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees 瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 过不下 過不下 guò bu xià to be unable to continue living (in a certain manner) / to be unable to make a living 成事不足，败事有余 成事不足，敗事有餘 chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar syn 决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] / certainly syn 落实 落實 luò shí practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide syn 选中 選中 xuǎn zhòng to select / to choose / to decide on syn 表决 表決 biǎo jué to decide by vote / to vote syn 判定 pàn dìng to judge / to decide / judgment / determination syn 核定 hé dìng to audit and determine / to check and ratify / to appraise and decide / determination / on a deemed basis (taxation) / to deem syn 取舍 取捨 qǔ shě to select / to make one's choice / to decide what to accept and what to reject syn 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide / to have the final say 商定 shāng dìng to agree / to decide after consultation / to come to a compromise syn 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 独断 獨斷 dú duàn to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial syn 决 決 jué to decide / to determine / to execute (sb) / (of a dam etc) to breach or burst / definitely / certainly syn 裁断 裁斷 cái duàn to consider and decide syn 独断独行 獨斷獨行 dú duàn dú xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself syn 酌定 zhuó dìng to decide after intense deliberation syn 判 pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn 谳 讞 yàn to decide judicially 独断专行 獨斷專行 dú duàn zhuān xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself syn 裁夺 裁奪 cái duó to consider and decide syn 单方决定 單方決定 dān fāng jué dìng to decide without reference to other parties involved / unilateral decision 审处 審處 shěn chǔ to deliberate and decide / to try and punish / trial and execution 叙功行赏 敘功行賞 xù gōng xíng shǎng to review records and decide on rewards (idiom) 瞧着办 瞧著辦 qiáo zhe bàn to do as one sees fit / It's up to you. / Let's wait and see and then decide what to do. 联产到户 聯產到戶 lián chǎn dào hù household responsibility system, introduced in the early 1980s, under which each rural household could freely decide what to produce and how to sell, as long as it fulfilled its quota of products to the state 听断 聽斷 tīng duàn to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court) / to hear and decide 裁度 cái dù to weigh up then decide 议决 議決 yì jué to decide (in a meeting) / to resolve (i.e. pass a resolution) syn 酌裁 zhuó cái to consider and decide 定规 权规 dìng guī to decide / to determine / established practice / (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth) syn 当断则断 當斷則斷 dāng duàn zé duàn to make a decision when it's time to decide 票决 票決 piào jué to decide by vote 自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own / to decide for oneself syn 裁度 cái duó (formal) to make a judgement call / to decide 无法 無法 wú fǎ unable to / incapable of syn 不了 bù liǎo (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end / incessantly syn 忍不住 rěn bu zhù cannot help / unable to bear syn 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) / repeatedly / continuously / constantly syn 不成 bù chéng won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? syn 未能 wèi néng cannot / to fail to / unable to syn 说不出 說不出 shuō bu chū unable to say 没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice syn 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand syn 发热 發熱 fā rè to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat syn 恨不得 hèn bu de wishing one could do sth / to hate to be unable / itching to do sth syn 迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn 看不懂 kàn bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is looking at 听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing 放不下 fàng bu xià to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go 搞不懂 gǎo bu dǒng unable to make sense of (sth) 过不去 過不去 guò bu qù to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through syn 不孕 bù yùn infertile / unable to conceive a child / infertility syn 说不上 說不上 shuō bu shàng to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning syn 不得而知 bù dé ér zhī unknown / unable to find out 目不转睛 目不轉睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng unable to take one's eyes off (idiom) / to gaze steadily / to stare syn 动弹不得 動彈不得 dòng tan bu dé to be unable to move a single step 束手无策 束手無策 shù shǒu wú cè lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom) / fig. helpless in the face of a crisis syn 身不由己 shēn bù yóu jǐ (idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control / unable to do anything about it / (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself) syn 办不到 辦不到 bàn bu dào impossible / can't be done / no can do / unable to accomplish syn 不堪一击 不堪一擊 bù kān yī jī to be unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow syn 吃不消 chī bu xiāo to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage syn 按捺不住 àn nà bu zhù to be unable to hold back syn 吃不下 chī bu xià not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more 找不着 找不著 zhǎo bu zháo to be unable to find 说不准 說不準 shuō bù zhǔn unable to say / can't say precisely 哑口无言 啞口無言 yǎ kǒu wú yán dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words syn 想不开 想不開 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles syn 失学 失學 shī xué unable to go to school / an interruption to one's education 无地自容 無地自容 wú dì zì róng (idiom) ashamed and unable to show one's face syn 消受 xiāo shòu to bear / to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy) syn 失笑 shī xiào to laugh in spite of oneself / to be unable to help laughing / to break into laughter syn 一筹莫展 一籌莫展 yī chóu mò zhǎn to be unable to find a solution / to be at wits' end syn 没辙 沒轍 méi zhé at one's wit's end / unable to find a way out syn 怒不可遏 nù bù kě è unable to restrain one's anger (idiom) / in a towering rage syn 摸不着 摸不著 mō bu zháo can't touch / can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of 忍俊不禁 rěn jùn bù jīn cannot help laughing / unable to restrain a smile syn 经不住 經不住 jīng bu zhù to be unable to bear syn 捉襟见肘 捉襟見肘 zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet syn 保不住 bǎo bu zhù cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well 禁不起 jīn bu qǐ to be unable to stand syn 寸步难行 寸步難行 cùn bù nán xíng unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation syn 束手 shù shǒu to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it 爱莫能助 愛莫能助 ài mò néng zhù unable to help however much one would like to (idiom) / Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied. syn 入不敷出 rù bù fū chū income does not cover expenditure / unable to make ends meet syn 顾此失彼 顧此失彼 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other 无由 無由 wú yóu to be unable (to do sth) / no reason to ... / without rhyme or reason syn 