Potential complement "bu liao"
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不了 (bùliǎo) is a very common potential complement that expresses you "can't do something." Note that the "了" here, when acting as part of a complement, is read as "liǎo" and never "le."
Structure
The potential complement 不了
It is used like this:
Verb + 不了
Examples
- 我 去 不了 了。 I can't go.
See also
- Potential complement "bu xia"
- Potential complement "bu dong"
- Positive and negative potential complements
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