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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不由自主 [bùyóuzìzhǔ]
  1. 1. can't help; involuntarily
    不由自主地流下了眼泪
    cannot help shedding tears; be unable to hold back one's tears; shed tears in spite of oneself

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不由自主 [bùyóuzìzhǔ]
  1. 1. 由不得自己作主;控制不住自己。

Examples

I found myself starting to laugh
不由自主地笑了起来
to do sth in spite of o.s.
不由自主地做某事
His knees buckled when she laid her lips on his.
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。

Word Decomposition


[bù]
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[yóu]
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[zì]
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[zhǔ]

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