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HSK 6
不由
bùyóu
1.
can't help (doing sth)
Common • Top 12%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (8)
不由得
bùyóude
can't help
不由分说
bùyóufēnshuō
to allow no explanation
不由自主
bùyóuzìzhǔ
can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
行不由径
xíngbùyóujìng
lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest
言不由衷
yánbùyóuzhōng
to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek
身不由己
shēnbùyóujǐ
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary
小野不由美
XiǎoyěBùyóuměi
Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist
人在江湖，身不由己
rénzàijiānghú,shēnbùyóujǐ
you can't always do as you like
Metadata
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- Chinese
- Word Frequency Rank
- 10,516 of 84,292