吃不消 chī bu xiāo

to be unable to tolerate or endure

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 20111th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to be unable to tolerate or endure
  2. 2. to find sth difficult to manage

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
不 bu HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
消 xiāo HSK 4
to disappear; to vanish; to eliminate