WordTaiwan frequency #28,667
身不由己
ㄕㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧˇ
“not in control of one's own body or actions; unable to act of one's own free will; carried away by circumstances”
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身
ㄕㄣ
Body; trunk; life; oneself; personal experience; one's character or conduct; the main part of something; pregnant; classifier for suits of clothes.
不
ㄅㄨˋ
Function word; no; not; un-; negative prefix; used to form questions or emphasize a statement; sometimes used for rhythm.
由
ㄧㄡˊ
Indicates cause or reason; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; to follow; to obey; to allow; to let.
己
ㄐㄧˇ
Self; oneself; personal; private; the sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems; sixth in order; a radical.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 自己ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇoneself; one's own; (Beijing dialect) intimate; close (of relationships)
- 不會ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋwill not; not going to; cannot; not able to; (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 不同ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊnot the same; different; distinct; not alike.
- 不過ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋonly; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway; cannot be more (after adjectives); extremely (after adjectives); unable to complete or bear (after verbs)
- 不能ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊcannot; must not; should not; unable to; less capable; inferior ability
- 不要ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋdon't; must not; used to tell someone not to do something; a polite way to advise against an action.
- 身體ㄕㄣ ㄊㄧˇthe body; one's health; physically; in person
- 由於ㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊdue to; because of; owing to; since; as a result of; thanks to
- 不斷ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋcontinuously; without interruption; unceasingly; constantly; in a continuous manner
- 不少ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄠˇmany; quite a few; a good number of; not a small amount
- 不僅ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇnot only; not just; not limited to; used as a correlative conjunction meaning 'not only … but also …'
- 自由ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊfreedom; liberty; the ability to act according to one's own will without external constraint; a right protected by law or constitution.