bù​jīn HSK6

cannot help

不禁 bù​jīn
cannot help adverb
can't help doing something; unable to refrain from or restrain oneself

Recalling the bitter hardships of his past, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.77 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
28.2 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6

Sources

Definitions
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