I can't afford it.
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负担
Traditional: 負擔
fù dān
HSK 3.0 · 4HSK 2.0 · 6
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fù dān · fu6 daam1 (Jyutping)
- to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)
- burden
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Tom can't afford that.
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