欲罢不能

yùbàbùnéng

unable to stop even though one wants to; try to stop but cannot; cannot refrain from going on

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cannot help doing sth.

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cannot help doing sth.

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yu4 ba4 bu4 neng2

want to stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up

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欲罢不能

yù bà bù néng

try to stop but cannot; be unable to stop even though one wants to; can't help carrying on:

敌人于是就陷入了欲罢不能， 而又不得不罢的被动地位。 The enemy were thus reduced to a passive position in which they found it hard to give up the battle and yet had to give it up.

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欲罷不能|欲罢不能 [yù bà bù néng] ► want to stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up