身不由己
Details
- Definition: without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary, not of one's own volition, in spite of oneself
- HSK Level: 7
- Frequency Rank: 22648
- Alternate Forms: 身不由己
- Notes: POS: v
Variants
身不由己
- Pinyin: shēn bù yóu jǐ
- English Definitions: without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary, not of one's own volition, in spite of oneself
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Other transcriptions: numeric: shen1 bu4 you2 ji3, wadegiles: shen¹ pu⁴ yu² chi³, bopomofo: ㄕㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧˇ, romatzyh: shen buh you jii