Chinese

情不自禁

/t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sɹ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

cannot hold back one's emotion; can't help

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這個詞是由「情」、「不」、「自」、「禁」四個字組成。「情」指的是感情、情緒、心境或情調；「不」表示否定；「自」指自己或自身；「禁」則有忍受或承受的意思。

在字形結構上，「情」字由表示意義的「心」與作為音符的「青」組成。而「青」字包含音符「生」與「井」。「生」字則由「屮」與「一」構成。此外，「禁」字是由表示意義的「示」與音符「林」所組成。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

characterChinese情 “feeling; emotion; sentiment; mood”
- meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)”
- soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
  - soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
    - ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
    - ideaChinese一 “one”
  - soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
characterChinese自 “self, oneself; one's own”
characterChinese禁 “to bear; to endure”
- soundChinese林 “forest; grove; woods”
- meaningChinese示 “to show; to reveal; to indicate; to notify; to instruct”

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Origin

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characterChinese情 “feeling; emotion; sentiment; mood”
- meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)”
- soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
  - soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
    - ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
    - ideaChinese一 “one”
  - soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
characterChinese自 “self, oneself; one's own”
characterChinese禁 “to bear; to endure”
- soundChinese林 “forest; grove; woods”
- meaningChinese示 “to show; to reveal; to indicate; to notify; to instruct”