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舍不得 (shě bu de): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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舍不得 (shě bu de): Hate to part with (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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舍不得 consists of 3 characters.

house, dwelling; to give up, abandon

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 舍不得.

Words with 舍

宿舍sù shè
庐舍lú shè
舍得shě de
依依不舍yī yī bù shě
恋恋不舍liàn liàn bù shě
锲而不舍qiè ér bù shě

Words with 不

不客气bú kè qiHSK 1
对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
不但……而且……bù dàn ……ér qiě ……HSK 3
不仅bù jǐnHSK 4
不管bù guǎnHSK 4
不过bú guòHSK 4
不得不bù dé bùHSK 4
受不了shòu bù liǎoHSK 4

Words with 得

觉得jué deHSK 2
记得jì deHSK 3
值得zhí deHSK 4
得意dé yìHSK 4
获得huò déHSK 4
不得不bù dé bùHSK 4
来得及lái de jíHSK 4
不得了

bù dé liǎo

HSK 5

How to Use 舍不得 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 舍不得 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Verbwith非常

fēi非

cháng常

shě舍

bu不

de得

neutral

very reluctant to part with

Verb + Complementwith离开

shě舍

bu不

de得

lí离

kāi开

Verb + Object

shě舍

bu不

de得

huā花

qián钱

Example Sentences with 舍不得

wǒ我

shě舍

bù不

dé得

zhè这

zhǐ只

xiǎo

neutral

reluctant to leave

neutral

reluctant to spend money

shě舍

bu不

de得

nǐ你

informalSpoken

reluctant to part with you

小

gǒu狗

。

I can't bear to part with this little dog.

tā她

shě舍

bu不

de得

lí离

kāi开

zhù住

le了

shí十

nián年

de的

lǎo老

fáng房

zi子

。

She is loath to leave the old house she has lived in for ten years.

tā她

shè舍

bù不

dé得

diū丢

qì弃

nà那

běn本

xiě写

mǎn满

pī批

zhù注

de的

jiù旧

shū书

，

yīn因

wèi为

qí其

zhōng中

chéng承

zài载

zhe着

qīng青

chūn春

de的

jì记

yì忆

。

She is loath to throw away that old book filled with annotations, as it carries the memories of her youth.

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zài在

lí离

zhí职

zhī之

jì际

，

tā他

tǎn坦

yán言

zì自

jǐ己

shè舍

bù不

dé得

duō多

nián年

lái来

bìng并

jiān肩

zuò作

zhàn战

de的

tóng同

shì事

men们

。

Upon resigning, he admitted that he hated to part with the colleagues he had worked alongside for many years.

tā他

shě舍

bù不

dé得

huā花

qián钱

mǎi买

xīn新

yī衣

nán难

dào道

nǐ你

shè舍

bù不

dé得

wèi为

zhè这

cì次

tā他

bìng并

fēi非

shè舍

bù不

dé得

fēn分

xiǎng享

zhī知

suī虽

rán然

gōng工

zuò作

hěn很

lèi累

，

dàn但

tā她

shě

jí即

shǐ使

fáng房

jià价

gāo高

áng昂

，

tā他

men们

yě

fú服

，

zǒng总

shì是

chuān穿

jiù旧

de的

。

He is reluctant to spend money on new clothes and always wears old ones.

zhì至

guān关

zhòng重

yào要

de的

xiàng项

mù目

tóu投

rù入

bì必

yào要

de的

zī资

yuán源

ma吗

？

Could it be that you are reluctant to invest the necessary resources in this crucial project?

shi识

，

zhǐ只

shì是

shàng尚

wèi未

zhǎo找

dào到

hé合

shì适

de的

biǎo表

dá达

fāng方

shì式

。

It is not that he is unwilling to share knowledge; he just hasn't found the appropriate way to express it.

舍

bù不

dé得

lí离

kāi开

zhè这

ge个

chōng充

mǎn满

huí回

yì忆

de的

chéng城

shì市

。

Although the job is tiring, she can't bear to leave this city full of memories.

也

shè舍

bù不

dé得

mài卖

diào掉

zhè这

dòng栋

zǔ祖

chuán传

de的

lǎo老

zhái宅

。

Even though housing prices are high, they are still loath to sell this ancestral old house.