See 欲罷不能 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "欲罢不能",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "欲罷不能",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be unable to stop doing something despite wanting to"
],
"id": "en-欲罷不能-zh-phrase-K~rRZYkB",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yùbàbùnéng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˋ ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yùbàbùnéng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˋ ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yùbàbùnéng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yü⁴-pa⁴-pu⁴-nêng²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yù-bà-bù-néng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yuhbahbuneng"
},
{
"roman": "jujbabunɛn",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юйбабунэн"
},
{
"ipa": "/y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "欲罷不能"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "欲罢不能",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "欲罷不能",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 欲",
"Chinese terms spelled with 罷",
"Chinese terms spelled with 能",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to be unable to stop doing something despite wanting to"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yùbàbùnéng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˋ ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yùbàbùnéng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˋ ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yùbàbùnéng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yü⁴-pa⁴-pu⁴-nêng²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yù-bà-bù-néng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yuhbahbuneng"
},
{
"roman": "jujbabunɛn",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юйбабунэн"
},
{
"ipa": "/y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "欲罷不能"
}
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