unbearable in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 受不了 with this easy mnemonic:

A tourist in Japan was surprised that after enduring (受) unbearable pain to get a cool tattoo, he was not (不) allowed to complete (了) his onsen (hot spring) plan.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 受
• 了
• 不

• 不再
• 不能
• 不好意思
• 何不
• 不同
• 差不多
• 受害人
• 不得不
• 好受
• 不知
• 不明
• 不错
• 可不
• 决不
• 受伤
• 享受

The reading of 受不了 is shòu bù liǎo.

You can remember how to say 受不了 with this useful mnemonic:

The tattoo on his shoulder (shòu) was a local taboo (bù) so he wasn't allowed (liǎo) to enter the famous onsen.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like unbearable and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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