忍不住

rěn bu zhù

HSK level: HSK 3.0 · 5

Meaning

cannot help; unable to bear

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忍rěnto endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate刃心不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一住zhùto reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop亻主

Examples

我忍不住要大笑。

wǒ rěn bu zhù yào dà xiào。

I could hardly keep from laughing.

他再也忍不住气了。

tā zài yě rěn bu zhù qì le。

He couldn't hold his temper any longer.