- 欲罷不能
- yùbàbùnéngunable to stop even though one wants to; try to stop but cannot; cannot refrain from going on* * *yu4 ba4 bu4 neng2want to stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up* * *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
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.