chēng​bu​zhù

unable to hold up

  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. zhù particle
    [ability]
    (complement) used with de or to indicate the capacity or lack thereof to withstand, hold on, or handle something