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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 不由自主
[bùyóuzìzhǔ]
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由不得自己作主;控制不住自己。
Examples
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I found myself starting to laugh
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我不由自主地笑了起来
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to do sth in spite of o.s.
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不由自主地做某事
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His knees buckled when she laid her lips on his.
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当她用嘴唇贴住他的嘴唇时,他的膝盖不由自主地弯下去了。
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Word Decomposition
不
[bù]
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由
[yóu]
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自
[zì]
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主
[zhǔ]
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