情不自禁 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but

Character by character

• 情qíngemotion, feeling, sentiment
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 自zìself; private, personal; from
• 禁jīnto restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure

Idioms sharing a character

• 一见钟情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng
• 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
• 不情之请 bù qíng zhī qǐng
• 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
• 人之常情 rén zhī cháng qíng
• 入情入理 rù qíng rù lǐ
• 反脸无情 fǎn liǎn wú qíng
• 合情合理 hé qíng hé lǐ
• 含情脉脉 hán qíng mò mò
• 径情直遂 jìng qíng zhí suì

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