◐  욕파부능(慾罷不能/欲罢不能) ◑ yù bà bù néng
 
▶ 欲 하고자할 욕 罢 파할 파 不 아니 불/부 能 재능 능

▶ 그만두려 해도 그만둘 수 없다 罢:停;歇。想停止却又收不住。指因各种原因(包括迫于形势)无法中止。 cannot help doing something <can not refrain from carrying on; be unable to stop even though one wants to>

▶ 颜回是鲁国人,和父亲颜路一起来跟随孔子学习。学习一段时间后,颜回叹道∶“夫子讲的道理,越仰望越显得高远,越钻研越觉得坚深,看似在面前,一会又出现在背后。夫子循序渐進地教我,用语言来打开我的智慧,用礼义来约束我的行为,现在我想停止不学也不可能了(欲罢不能)。尽管我已经用尽了我的力量,可是距离夫子讲的道理依然很远,我想去追从,却总感到跟不上。”
  
颜回很穷,常常只能吃一小碗饭、喝一瓢汤、住简陋的房子,别人都受不了这种苦,他却乐在其中。孔子说他是好样的。
  
后来颜回死了。有一回魯哀公问孔子:“弟子之中谁最好学?”孔子说:“曾经有个叫颜回的学生好学,不乱发脾气、不犯两次错误,不幸短命死了!再也没有好学的了。”

[출전] 先秦 孔子《论语 子罕》:“夫子循循然善诱人,博我以文,约我以礼,欲罢不能。”
 
[동의어] 기호난하(騎虎難下)
 


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