不动

cannot manage to do something, not move; stay still

→ 不
phrase Common #4,122
cannot manage to do something Placed after a verb, 不动 indicates being unable to carry out the action, often because of exhaustion, weakness, or the weight of something.
CH: 太大了,我搬不动。
EN: It’s too big; I can’t manage to move it.

我拉不动

I can't pull it.

— 小偷 (1997)

我走不动,

I can't walk anymore.

— 春夏秋冬又一春 (2003)

我们搬不动他

We can't move him.

— 阿基拉 (1988)

驶不动之前能到达维哥

We can reach Vigo before we can’t drive any farther.

— 从海底出击 (1981)

我挪不动它。

I can't move it.

打仗必须跑不论攻退都要跑跑不动就只有死

In battle, you have to run. Whether attacking or retreating, you have to keep running—if you can’t, you’ll die.

— 七武士 (1954)

我们得回去我们背不动努玛

We have to go back—we can't carry Numa.

— 绝境盟约 (2023)

谁也移不动它

No one can move it.

— 鬼童院 (2001)

我们搬不动的

We can't move it.

— 回归 (2006)

拉不动

It won't budge.

— 流浪地球 (2019)

我抱不动

I can't carry you.

— SoulMate (2016)

你的手这样连筷子都拿不动吧

With your hand like that, you probably can’t even hold chopsticks.

— 杀人回忆 (2003)

你都快带不动我了

I’m getting to be too much for you to handle.

— Hi, Mom (2021)

都怪我不好,说不动他们

It’s all my fault—I just couldn’t convince them.

— 少林足球 (2001)

有人说我没本事请不动您呢

Someone said I wasn't capable enough to get you to come.

— 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)

太大了,搬不动

It's too big to move.

— 怒火青春 (1995)

爸,我搬不动

Dad, I can't lift it.

— 寄生虫 (2019)

他们累得爬不动山了。

They were too tired to climb the mountain any farther.

舵转不动

The steering wheel won’t turn.

— 风之谷 (1984)

喘得跑都跑不动

I'm so out of breath that I can barely run.

— 分手的决心 (2022)

来根我的这个抽不动

Give me one—I can’t smoke this one.

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

phrase Rare #13,867
not move; stay still Describes someone or something remaining motionless.
CH: 他一动都不动。
EN: He doesn’t move at all.

我不能不动

I can't stay still.

— 自己去看 (1985)

干嘛你动都不动?

Why aren't you moving at all?

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

行星围着固定不动的恒星转。

Planets orbit fixed stars.

我真应该就那样坐着不动的

I really should have just sat there and done nothing.

— 我是谁:没有绝对安全的系统 (2014)

那就像学习阅读时不动嘴唇一样。

Then it’s like learning to read without moving your lips.

怎么不动

Why isn't it moving?

— 记忆中的玛妮 (2014)

他一动都不动

He didn't move a muscle.

— 孤胆特工 (2010)

你说不动就不动啊

So you’re really not going to budge, huh?

— Deep Sea (2023)

他都不动

He doesn't move at all.

— 天堂电影院 (1988)