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禁不住

jīn bu zhù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

禁不住 (jīn bu zhù) means "can't help it; can't bear it". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 禁不住 means

1. can't help it
2. can't bear it

The characters in 禁不住

• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…

Example sentences

• 我禁不住想他会不会准时到。
  I cannot help wondering if he will come on time.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīn bu zhù correctly.
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