看不下去

kànbuxiàqù
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 can't bear to watch any longer
  2. 2 can't stand to see (sth go on)
  3. 3 fed up with watching

Examples

Zhè bù jù tài wúliáo le, wǒ shízài kàn bu xiàqù.
This show is so boring I genuinely can't keep watching.
Tāmen qīfu nà ge xiǎohái, wǒ kàn bu xiàqù jiù chōng guòqù le.
They were bullying the kid — I couldn't stand it and rushed over.

Tips

grammar
Negative potential complement: V不下 means 'unable to continue V-ing'. Compare 不下 (can't keep eating), 不下 (can't get through reading). The positive form 下去 exists but is rarer — the pattern almost always appears negatively.

Stroke Order

kàn
xià