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靠不住
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靠不住 Pronunciation and Pinyin

靠不住 Usage and Examples

Unreliable

Undependable

Untrustworthy

她决定要跟她那越来越不忠实也靠不住的丈夫离婚。

She decided to divorce her increasingly faithless and unreliable husband.

布朗曾严厉的抨击过金融税,而他本人也知道,这种点子是根本靠不住的。

Brown himself has been a stern critic of taxing financial transactions, and he himself knows that this kind of idea is totally unreliable.

The characters in 靠不住

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
靠
kào15lean on, rely on
不
bú4not
住
zhù7live, reside, stop, hold

More words starting with 靠

  • kào靠qí乞tǎo讨dù度rì日live by begging, beg for a living
  • kào靠guān关xi系ér而fēi非néng能lì力connections over competence, who you know, not what you know
  • kào靠qián前near the front, earlier
  • kào靠zài在lean against, rest on
  • kào靠zài在le了leaned against, rested on
  • kào靠diàn垫a cushion for leaning on
  • kào靠qiáng墙ér而lì立Stand against the wall, Lean against the wall
  • kào靠tou头Lean your head, Rest your head
  • kào靠shān山a powerful supporter or backer
  • kào靠shān山chī吃shān山Live off the land, Make the best use of local resources
  • kào靠àn岸dock, berth
  • kào靠de得zhù住reliable; dependable; trustworthy

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Questions about 靠不住

What does 靠不住 mean in Chinese?

靠不住 (kào bú zhù) means “Unreliable, Undependable, Untrustworthy”.

How do you pronounce 靠不住?

靠不住 is pronounced kào bú zhù in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “Unreliable” in Chinese?

“Unreliable” is 靠不住 (kào bú zhù) in Chinese.

How is 靠不住 used in a sentence?

This page has 2 example sentences using 靠不住, each with pinyin and an English translation.

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