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人在江湖，身不由己【rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ】

you can't always do as you like
one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

人在江湖，身不由己【rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ】

you can't always do as you like
one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

人

HSK 11

含义man; people; mankind; someone else

拼音rén

在

HSK 11

含义be at, in, on; consist in, rest

拼音zài

江

HSK 45

含义large river; the Yangzi; surname

拼音jiāng

湖

HSK 22

含义a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

拼音hú

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