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止不住
zhǐ​bu​zhù

be unable to stop

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
止不住 zhǐ​bu​zhù
be unable to stop verb
To be unable to stop, suppress, or hold back; often used for involuntary actions like crying or laughing.

我们止不住哭泣。

wǒ​men zhǐ​bu​zhù kū​qì.

We couldn't keep from crying.

Frequency

Written text
2.19 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)