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身不由己【shēn bù yóu jǐ】

HSK 7-9

without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary
not of one's own volition
in spite of oneself

汉语词典Chinese definitions

身不由己【shēn bù yóu jǐ】

chéng yǔ成语

bèi被wài lì外力zhī pèi支配kòng zhì控制ér而shī qù失去zì zhǔ自主de的néng lì能力

Guān gōng关公yuē曰：「rǔ汝zěn怎gǎn敢kàng抗Wú吾？」jīn禁yuē曰：「shǎng上mìng命chāi qiǎn差遣，shēn bù yóu jǐ身不由己。wàng望jūn君Hóu侯lián mǐn怜悯，shì誓yǐ以sǐ死bào报。」
zhī只jué de觉得yī zhèn一阵Hēi黑，mǎn yǎn满眼Jīn金xīng星luàn乱bèng迸，shēn bù yóu jǐ身不由己，biàn便dǎo xià倒下le了。

身不由己【shēn bù yóu jǐ】

HSK 7-9

without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary
not of one's own volition
in spite of oneself

汉语词典Chinese definitions

身不由己【shēn bù yóu jǐ】

chéng yǔ成语

bèi被wài lì外力zhī pèi支配kòng zhì控制ér而shī qù失去zì zhǔ自主de的néng lì能力

Guān gōng关公yuē曰：「rǔ汝zěn怎gǎn敢kàng抗Wú吾？」jīn禁yuē曰：「shǎng上mìng命chāi qiǎn差遣，shēn bù yóu jǐ身不由己。wàng望jūn君Hóu侯lián mǐn怜悯，shì誓yǐ以sǐ死bào报。」
zhī只jué de觉得yī zhèn一阵Hēi黑，mǎn yǎn满眼Jīn金xīng星luàn乱bèng迸，shēn bù yóu jǐ身不由己，biàn便dǎo xià倒下le了。

身

HSK 11

含义body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158

拼音shēn

不

HSK 11

含义no, not; un-; negative prefix

拼音bù

由

HSK 22

含义cause, reason; from

拼音yóu

己

HSK 21

含义self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem

拼音jǐ