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cannot stand straight
cannot get back on one's feet

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Open the tool →直不起腰来 (zhí bù qǐ yāo lái) means “cannot straighten one's back, cannot stand straight, cannot get back on one's feet”.
直不起腰来 is pronounced zhí bù qǐ yāo lái in Mandarin Chinese.
“cannot straighten one's back” is 直不起腰来 (zhí bù qǐ yāo lái) in Chinese.