不住

can’t keep or hold

→ 不
phrase Common #1,413
can’t keep or hold After a verb, 不住 often indicates that someone cannot retain, contain, or sustain something. In phrases like 不住在一个小区, it means “not live in the same neighborhood.”
CH: 我记不住他的电话号码。
EN: I can’t remember his phone number.

这里模型受不住加固模型

The model here can’t withstand the reinforced model.

— 安德烈·卢布廖夫 (1966)

猴子屁股坐不住。

That monkey can’t sit still.

目标是一个叫正利铁雄的男孩要是抓不住他

The target is a boy named Zhengli Tiexiong. If we can’t catch him...

— 阿基拉 (1988)

有的鱼是永远都关不住的因为他们属于天空

Some fish can never be kept in a cage because they belong in the sky.

— 大鱼海棠 (2016)

你怎么连自己的童子军都管不住

How can you not even control your own Boy Scouts?

— 月升王国 (2012)

兄弟们快顶不住啦

Guys, we’re barely hanging on!

— 流浪地球 (2019)

你既然看不住他

Since you can't keep an eye on him.

— 洗澡 (1999)

他守不住的,柏林完了

He won’t be able to hold it. Berlin is doomed.

— 帝国的毁灭 (2004)

你固执不讲理、爱玩爱流行我却如此受不住的迷恋你

You're stubborn, unreasonable, and obsessed with fun and trends, yet I can't help being hopelessly infatuated with you.

— 海角七号 (2008)

如果他不愿被看住,我们看不住他

If he doesn’t want to be watched, we can’t keep an eye on him.

— 惊魂记 (1960)

刘爷您真的拿不住她

Master Liu, you really can't handle her.

— 卧虎藏龙 (2000)

到最后你会控制不住它的

In the end, you won't be able to control it.

— 阿基拉 (1988)

她那么小,她看不住啊

She’s too young to keep an eye on it.

— 一个都不能少 (1999)

在家待不住

I can't stand staying at home.

— 无人知晓 (2004)

这样的感情我实在抵挡不住

I really can't resist feelings like these.

— 战争与和平 (1968)

纸快包不住火了

The truth is about to come out.

— 双重赔偿 (1944)

我认为你已经控制不住形势了,完全失控了

I think you've lost control of the situation; it's completely out of control.

— 浪潮 (2008)

我压不住尼柯斯

I can’t keep Nikos under control.

— 奥本海默 (2023)

你看你,拉都拉不住

Look at you—you just won’t be held back.

— 活着 (1994)

我也拦不住她啊

I can't stop her either.

— 我的父亲母亲 (1999)

就连佐腾主任也拦不住他…

Even Director Sato can’t stop him…

— 叶问 (2008)

她的嘴巴可关不住.

She just can't keep her mouth shut.

— 宝莱坞生死恋 (2002)

我们的目标埋藏不住,

Our goal cannot be hidden.

— 芭萨提的颜色 (2006)

如果你不住嘴我会失控的

If you don’t shut up, I’m going to lose control.

— 青春年少 (1998)

他们关不住我,又怎么拉我出去?

They can't keep me locked up, so how could they drag me out?

— 穆那大哥做医生 (2003)

他很可能控制不住这种一下子被唤醒的能量

He probably won’t be able to control this energy that’s suddenly been awakened.

— 阿基拉 (1988)

我顶不住啦

I can't take it anymore.

— I Am What I Am (2021)

我拉不住你了

I can't hold you back anymore.

— 夺宝奇兵3:圣战奇兵 (1989)

她挺不住的

She can't hold out.

— 再见列宁 (2003)

我们一直抓不住他。

We can never catch him.

可爱的孩子们忍耐不住要逃离了

The adorable children couldn't stand it any longer and ran away.

— 恶魔 (1955)

抓不住唐仁

Can't catch Tang Ren.

— 唐人街探案 (2015)