zhái​bu​kāi

unable to separate

  1. to extricate
    to free oneself from a difficult situation; to untangle something messy like yarn or a complex dispute
  2. bu particle
    [potential]
    Used between a verb and its result to show that the action cannot achieve that result; used as the negative form of the de potential construction
  3. kāi particle
    [away/open]
    (directional result) used after a verb to indicate moving away, spreading out, or making room, meaning "away" or "off"