chēng​bu​xià​qu

to be unable to keep going

  1. to prop up or maintain
    to support; to prop up; to brace; to maintain or keep something going despite difficulties
  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 continue
    Used after a verb to indicate that an action is continuing or will continue.