自拔 (zì bá) — to free oneself; to extricate oneself (usually in the negative 不能自拔)
Definition
Almost always used in the negative (不能自拔 / 难以自拔) to mean 'unable to pull oneself out' of an addiction, emotion, or obsession. The plain positive form is rare.
verb
to free oneselfto extricate oneself (usually in the negative 不能自拔)
Examples
- ，自拔。Tā xiàn rù le shēn shēn de wǎng luò yóu xì chéng yǐn, wú fǎ zì bá.He fell into a deep online game addiction and couldn't extricate himself.
- ，。Tā wèi nà duàn gǎn qíng tòng kǔ bù kān, jī hū bù néng zì bá.She was so miserable over that relationship that she could hardly free herself from it.
- 自拔。Zhè zhǒng yōu yù de qíng xù ràng tā nán yǐ zì bá.This melancholic mood made it hard for him to pull himself out of it.
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