我插不上話。

I can't get a word in.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 插 chā
  1. to insert
  2. stick in
  3. pierce
  4. to take part in
  5. to interfere
  6. to interpose
=2 插 chā old variant of 插 chā
3 不上 bùshàng
  1. (verbal complement) unable to
  2. to not go up; to not ascend
  3. unable to
4 話 huà
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. spoken words
  4. speech
  5. talk
  6. words
  7. conversation
  8. what sb said

classifiers: 種, 席, 句, 口, 番