gǎo​bu​dǒng

unable to understand

  1. to cause
    to cause a specific result or state. Often used before a result-describing word, meaning to make something clear, messy, or ruined.
  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. to understand
    to understand; to comprehend; to know; often used as a result after verbs like tīng or kàn to show that information was successfully processed