Chinese phrase
恐怕无法满足这个要求 kǒng pà wú fǎ mǎn zú zhè ge yāo qiú
Meaning
I'm afraid this requirement cannot be met
When to use it
It politely says that a request cannot be met. It softens a refusal, especially in work or other formal conversations.
Example dialogue
我们能在这个版本里加入实时统计功能吗？ wǒ men néng zài zhè ge bán běn lǐ jiā rù shí shí tǒng jì gōng néng ma
Can we add real-time statistics to this version?
恐怕无法满足这个要求，目前系统架构不支持，需要下个大版本再考虑。 kǒng pà wú fǎ mǎn zú zhè ge yāo qiú mù qián xì tǒng jià gòu bù zhī chí xū yào xià gè dà bán běn zài kǎo lǜ
I'm afraid this requirement cannot be met. The current system architecture does not support it, so we will need to consider it in the next major release.