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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不由自主 [bùyóuzìzhǔ]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] 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

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 不由自主
I found myself starting to laugh
不由自主地笑了起来 find
to do sth in spite of o.s.
不由自主地做某事 spite

Word Decomposition


[bù]
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[yóu]
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[zì]
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[zhǔ]

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