不住
Meanings
1. (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc)
2. repeatedly; continuously; constantly
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Examples5
我们 一直 抓 不住 他。
We were never able to capture him.
猴子 屁股 坐 不住。
The monkey cannot sit still.
你 瞒 不住 我 的。
You can't keep secrets from me.
绳子 不够 牢固, 撑 不住 他。
The rope wasn't strong enough to support him.
法网 就 像 蜘蛛网, 网 得 住 苍蝇 蚊子, 网 不住 豺狼 老虎。
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.