禁不住 (jīn bu zhù) — can't help (doing something); can't bear / can't withstand
Definition
Covers two senses: a physical ‘can’t bear’ (a weight, a force) and an emotional ‘can’t help’ (a feeling breaks through). Unlike 不禁, it stresses that the feeling is too strong to hold back, and unlike 受不了 it isn’t about ongoing endurance.
verb
can't help (doing something)can't bear / can't withstand
Examples
- ，禁不住。Kàn dào zhè ge xiào hua, wǒ jīn bu zhù xiào le qǐ lái.Seeing this joke, I couldn't help laughing.
- 禁不住。Zhè zuò qiáo jīn bu zhù zhè me dà de kǎ chē.This bridge can't bear such a large truck.
- 禁不住，。Tā jīn bu zhù nèi xīn de jī dòng, liú xià le yǎn lèi.She couldn't help her inner excitement and shed tears.
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