跟不上

gēn bu shàng

HSK level: HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Meaning

not able to keep up with

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Characters

跟gēnheel; to accompany, to follow; with足艮不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous⺊一

Examples

我跟不上汤姆。

wǒ gēn bu shàng Tāng mǔ。

I can't keep up with Tom.

我跟不上你的逻辑。

wǒ gēn bu shàng nǐ de luó ji。

I can't follow your logic.

我跟不上汤姆的逻辑。

wǒ gēn bu shàng Tāng mǔ de luó ji。

I can't follow Tom's logic.