try to stop but cannot

try to stop but cannot

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ù B à B ù n é ng, which means doing something, want to stop but can't stop. From the Analects of Confucius · Zihan.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius, Zi Han said, "the master is good and attractive. He wants to learn from me and ask me to be polite."

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be an object; to be in a difficult situation

Idioms and allusions

Yan Lu is a native of Lu. Together with his son Yan Hui, he studied with Confucius. After a period of study, Yan Hui sighed: "the more you look up to the truth, the higher you look up to it. The more you study it, the deeper you feel. It seems to be in front of you, and then it appears behind you. Master taught me step by step, using language to open my wisdom, and using propriety to restrict my behavior. Now I can't stop learning. Although I have exhausted my strength, I am still far away from what the master said. I want to follow him, but I always feel that I can't keep up with him. " Yan Hui is very poor. He can only eat a small bowl of rice, drink a ladle of soup and live in a humble house. Others can't stand this kind of suffering, but he enjoys it. Confucius said he was good. Later Yan Hui died. Once upon a time, Duke AI of Lu asked Confucius, "who is the best disciple to learn?" Confucius said: "once there was a student named Yan Hui who was eager to learn. He didn't lose his temper and make two mistakes. Unfortunately, he died a short life! There's no more to learn. " "can't stop" refers to want to stop but can't stop. (from the Analects of Confucius)