tak boleh tahan

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Malay:

tak

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boleh

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tahan

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definitions

verb

  1. to be unable to withstand any longer; cannot tolerate

    2. Though the cities weren’t as clean as Singapore, … The climate was less oppressive, cooler. “Now back here, tak boleh tahan the heat and humidity. Can’t take it, so hot!”

    — 2011, Andrew Koh. Glass Cathedral. Epigram Books. ISBN: 9789810732271

    Last time, a teacher boleh jadi Big shot — Now the students so naughty, you also tak boleh tahan — ah?

    — 1989, Dept. of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore. Prize Winning Plays, Volume 3. p.61

    synonyms:

    buay tahan

expression

  1. used to express one’s inability to withstand something or someone any longer

    2. synonyms:

    buay tahan

adjective

  1. intolerable; unbearable

    2. synonyms:

    buay tahan

usage notes

While it translates to and is grammatically equivalent to buay tahan, these two words often have nuanced semantic and connoted differences.


related:

tak tak boleh boleh tahan buay sai suka

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