欲罢不能
yù​bà​bù​néng

unable to stop

  • created sense approved 欲罢不能/欲罷不能 · yù​bà​bù​néng · unable to stop — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    欲罢不能 / 欲罷不能

    yù​bà​bù​néng

    unable to stop

    wanting to stop but being unable to do so; to feel an urge to continue or be compelled to carry on with something

    欲 (literal) → 欲 · yù · to want 罢 (literal) → 罢/罷 · bà · to stop 不能 (literal) → 不能 · bù​néng · cannot

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense