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用不了

Mandarin · pinyin yòng bu liǎo

to not use all of
to use less than

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用: yòng · use, employ, apply, operate; use
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
了: le · to finish; particle of completed action

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4–5–3 · yong4 bu5 liao3

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