情
不
自
禁

Unable to restrain emotions in Chinese: 情不自禁 (qíng bù zì jīn)

qíng bù zì jīn

unable to restrain emotions

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unable to restrain emotions
  2. 2cannot help

Stroke order

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情
不
自
禁

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄥˊ

qíng

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄗˋ

zì

ㄗ/ zˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄣ

jīn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 听到这个消息，她情不自禁地哭了。

    tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī， tā qíng bú zì jīn dì kū le。

    On hearing the news, she couldn't help crying.

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Related words

不

bù

no

自

zì

self

情

qíng

feeling

事情

shì qing

affair

热情

rè qíng

cordial

自己

zì jǐ

oneself

爱情

ài qíng

romance

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

感情

gǎn qíng

emotion

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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