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忍不住

rěn bu zhù

HSK 5 3-character word

What 忍不住 means

1. cannot help
2. unable to bear

The characters in 忍不住

• 忍rěnto bear; to endure; to tolerate
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…

Example sentences

• 她忍不住笑了。
  She cannot but laugh.
• 我忍不住要大笑。
  Wǒ rěnbuzhù yào dàxiào.
  I could hardly keep from laughing.
• 他再也忍不住气了。
  He couldn't hold his temper any longer.
• 我忍不住取笑他的发型。
  Wǒ rěnbuzhù qǔxiào tā de fàxíng.
  I could not help laughing at his haircut.
• 我忍不住要说出我的疑惑。
  Wǒ rěnbuzhù yàoshuō chū wǒ de yíhuò.
  I cannot forbear expressing my doubts.
• 想起这些，我忍不住要笑。
  When I thought of that, I couldn’t help smiling.

Where 忍不住 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Life, Fate & Command (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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