管不住 guǎnbuzhù cannot control Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 管 guǎn verb to manage to be in charge of; to run; to manage; to take care of; to discipline; to mind or bother about不 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 得 de potential construction住 zhù particle [ability] (complement) used with 得 de or 不 bù to indicate the capacity or lack thereof to withstand, hold on, or handle something