fàng​bu​xià

to be unable to let go

  • created sense approved 放不下 · fàng​bu​xià · to be unable to let go — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    放不下

    fàng​bu​xià

    to be unable to let go

    To be unable to let go of a thought or feeling; to be worried about or preoccupied with something; to be unable to stop doing something.

    放 (literal) → 放 · fàng · to leave aside 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 下 (literal) → 下 · xia · [downward/result]

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 放不下 · fàng​bu​xià · to have no room — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    放不下

    fàng​bu​xià

    to have no room

    To have no room or space to put something.

    放 (literal) → 放 · fàng · to put 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 下 (literal) → 下 · xia · [capacity]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense