Saturday, January 16, 2021

(Chinese) Cannot Afford 不起


English: cannot afford
Simplified Script: 付不起
Traditional Script: Same
Part of Speech (动补式) verb complement

Sample Sentences:

我付不起这么多钱。
I cannot afford to pay so much.

价格高得我们绝对付不起。
The price is way above what we can afford.

我们的电费已经高得付不起了--得节省些了。
Our electricity bills are higher than we can afford we must start to economize.

他索要的价格是我所付不起的。
The price he asked for was beyond what I could pay.

那户人家因付不起房租而被赶出那套公寓房间。
The family were evicted from the apartment for failing to pay the rent.

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