过不下 guòbuxià to be unable to live on Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 过 過 guò verb to spend to spend or pass time; to live one's life; to celebrate a holiday or festival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下 xia particle [capacity] used after a verb with 得 de or 不 bù to indicate having or lacking the capacity to contain something