我忍不住要大笑。

I could hardly keep from laughing.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 忍不住 rěnbuzhù
  1. cannot help
  2. unable to bear
=2 忍不住 rěnbùzhù
  1. to be unable to bear
  2. to be unable to help (from doing something)
=3 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=3 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=3 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
4 大笑 dàxiào
  1. to laugh heartily
  2. a belly laugh