忍不住

rěn bu zhù · ren bu zhu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. cannot help
  2. unable to bear

In a sentence

2 examples
01

听(tīng)到(dào)这(zhè)个(ge)好(hǎo)消(xiāo)息(xī),她(tā)忍(rěn)不(bu)住(zhù)笑(xiào)了(le)。

Hearing the good news, she couldn't help but smile.

02

我(wǒ)忍(rěn)不(bu)住(zhù)打(dǎ)了(le)个(gè)喷(pēn)嚏(tì)。

I couldn't help but sneeze.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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