I could hardly keep from laughing.
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忍不住
rěn bu zhù
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5
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rěn bu zhù · jan2 bat1 zyu6 (Jyutping)
- cannot help
- unable to bear
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Character breakdown
忍
不
住
- Meaning
- reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰亻主
- Cangjie
- OYG
- Four-corner
- 2021.4
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Example sentences
He couldn't hold his temper any longer.
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