渴不可耐

kěbùkěnài

idiom

Meanings

Zài shāmò lǐ zǒu le yī tiān, tā yǐjīng kě bùkě nài.

After walking in the desert for a day, he was unbearably thirsty.

Yùndòngyuán men dàodá zhōngdiǎn shí gègè kě bùkě nài.

When the athletes reached the finish line, every one of them was parched beyond endurance.

usage

Pattern X 不可耐 = 'X to an unbearable degree.' Other common pairings: 热不可耐 (unbearably hot), 烦不可耐 (insufferably annoyed).

渴 kě

不 bù

可 kě

耐 nài