欲罷不能

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	(final part.); to stop; cease (final part.); to stop; cease; dismiss; suspend; to quit; to finish	cannot; must not; should not cannot; must not; should not; to be unable to; to fail to
trad. (欲罷不能)		欲	罷	不能
simp. (欲罢不能)		欲	罢	不能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùbàbùnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùbàbùnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùbàbùnéng
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-pa⁴-pu⁴-nêng²
    • Yale: yù-bà-bù-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhbahbuneng
    • Palladius: юйбабунэн (jujbabunɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/

Idiom

欲罷不能

1. to be unable to stop doing something despite wanting to