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赶不上

gǎnbushàng
verbHSK 6

“Can't keep up with” in Chinese is 赶不上 (gǎnbushàng).

Meaning

  • can't keep up with
  • can't catch up with
  • cannot overtake

Example

再不快点你就要赶不上末班车了。

Hurry up, or you will miss the last train.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

gǎnHSK 310 strokesto overtake; to catch up withbùHSK 14 strokesno; not soshàngHSK 13 strokesup; upper; above; previous

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