不忍

bùrěn
verb #54,970

Meanings

  1. 1 cannot bear to
  2. 2 to be unable to bring oneself to

Examples

HSK 4
Kàndào shòushāng de xiǎogǒu, tā bùrěn líkāi.
Seeing the injured puppy, she couldn't bear to leave.
HSK 7-9
Nàxiē zhàopiàn tài cǎn le, ràng rén bùrěn zhíshì.
Those photos are so horrific that you can't bear to look at them.

Tips

usage
Comes before a verb: 不忍离开 "can't bear to leave", 不忍直视 "can't bear to look", which online also jokes that something is too awful or embarrassing to watch. In speech people more often say 不忍心.
grammar
Read as plain 不 + 忍, it means "not put up with it": 我不忍了 "I'm not taking it any more".

Stroke Order

不 bù
忍 rěn