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买不起

mǎi bu qǐ
HSK 7-9

“Cannot afford” in Chinese is 买不起 (mǎi bu qǐ).

Meaning

  • cannot afford
  • can't afford buying

Example

我买不起自行车。

I could not afford to buy a bicycle.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

mǎiHSK 16 strokesto buybùHSK 14 strokesno; not soqǐHSK 110 strokesto rise

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