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We’re presenting the idiom 「招架不住」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Unable to resist or have no strength to support it any longer.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhāo jià bù zhù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jiu1 ga3/ga2 bat1 jyu6

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