Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「欲罷不能」.
Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「欲罷不能」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
Yu: to want; ba: to stop, to rest. You can’t stop even if you want to.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yù bà bù néng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yuk6 ba2/ba6 bat1 nang4
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
