怎么 + verb + 也/都 + (verb) 不…
No matter how (I) …, still …
怎么…也不: however hard someone tries, it doesn’t work.
In stories
我算来算去，怎么算都撑不下去。
他在地上滚来滚去，想把帽子摘下来，却发现帽子已经不见了，头上多了一个金箍，像长在肉里一样，怎么拉也拉不下来。
What does 怎么 + verb + 也/都 + (verb) 不… mean in Chinese?
No matter how (I) …, still …. 怎么…也不: however hard someone tries, it doesn’t work.
How common is 怎么 + verb + 也/都 + (verb) 不…?
It comes up in 2 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.
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