吃不住

to be unable to bear or support

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

repeatedly / continuously / constantly / unable to (resist, conceal etc)

(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) / repeatedly; continuously; constantly

to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)