不喝水我咽不下这些药片。

I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
2 喝水 hēshuǐ to drink water
3 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=4 咽 yān
  1. throat; pharynx
  2. narrow pass
=4 咽 yàn variant of 咽 yàn
=4 咽 yè to choke (in crying)
=4 咽 yàn to swallow
5 不下 bùxià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
6 这些 zhèxiē these
7 药片 yàopiàn a (medicine) pill or tablet

classifier: 片