情不自禁

• 拼音: qíng bù zì jīn
• 汉字拆解: 情 = 忄+ 青 (emotion); 不 (negation); 自 = 自 (self); 禁 = 示 + 林 (restrain/forbid)

含义

Unable to restrain oneself; overcome by emotion to the point of acting involuntarily. An idiom describing when feeling compels an uncontrolled response.

A four-character idiom describing an emotional response so overwhelming that self-control fails. Typically followed by a verb phrase describing the resulting action. Used for joyful emotions (laughter, tears of joy) as well as sorrowful ones (weeping, longing).

例句

1. 听到这首多年未闻的老歌，她情不自禁地流下了眼泪，往昔岁月历历在目。
2. 台下观众被演员精湛的表演深深打动，纷纷情不自禁地鼓起掌来，久久不息。
3. 看到孩子摔倒后又倔强地爬起来继续向前，在场的父母情不自禁地相视而笑。

用法指南

语境: emotion, literature, social, daily life

语气: expressive

正确说法

• 故事结局太过感人，她读到最后情不自禁地哭出声来，泪水打湿了手中的书页。(The ending of the story was so moving that she couldn't help crying aloud when she reached the final page, her tears soaking the paper.)
• 久别重逢的老同学情不自禁地紧紧相拥，多年积压的思念在这一刻化为无声的温度。(Old classmates reuniting after a long separation couldn't help embracing tightly, years of pent-up longing dissolving in that moment into wordless warmth.)

错误说法

• 他情不自禁地迟到了 — 情不自禁 describes emotional impulses only, not careless actions; use 不由自主 for habit-driven involuntary behaviour, and neither for simple negligence

起源与历史

情 (emotion) + 不 (not) + 自 (self) + 禁 (restrain) — the emotion will not allow itself to be restrained

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal