I can't live without you.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
活不下去
impossible to make a living
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
impossible to make a living
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 活不下去 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 活不下去 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
If it weren't for water, humans wouldn't survive.
If it weren't for water, humans wouldn't survive.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 活不下去.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 活不下去.
Directly before
- 就活不下去3
- 我活不下去1
- 要活不下去1
Directly after
- 活不下去的1
- 活不下去了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 活不下去
What does 活不下去 mean in Chinese?
活不下去 (huóbùxiàqu) means impossible to make a living.
How do you pronounce 活不下去?
活不下去 is pronounced huóbùxiàqu.
Is 活不下去 an HSK word?
活不下去 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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