verb + 不/得 + result (potential)
Cannot / can (manage to) …
Verb + 得/不 + result says whether the result can be achieved.
In stories
饭馆不大，只放得下五张桌子。
孙悟空还了罩子，回来找那件袈裟，可是哪里也找不到。
二十个词，一个也看不出来了。
蒸笼下面的词已经看不出来了，旁边只有两个小字还在：楼下。
What does verb + 不/得 + result (potential) mean in Chinese?
Cannot / can (manage to) …. Verb + 得/不 + result says whether the result can be achieved.
How common is verb + 不/得 + result (potential)?
It comes up in 55 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.
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