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不由得
bù yóu de
cannot help but
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What does 不由得 mean?
不由得 (pinyin: bù yóu de) means cannot help but. It belongs to the official HSK 6 vocabulary (mastery), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 不由得
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 不 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 由 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 得
The characters of 不由得
| 不 | bù | not (HSK 1) |
| 由 | yóu | by (HSK 4) |
| 得 | dé | have to, must (HSK 2) |
Related HSK 6 words
| 霞 | xiá | colorful clouds, rosy clouds (at sunrise or sunset) |
| 蕴藏 | yùn cáng | to contain, to hold (resources) |
| 雌雄 | cí xióng | male and female |
| 沉淀 | chén diàn | to settle, to precipitate |
| 落成 | luò chéng | to complete; to inaugurate |
| 诬陷 | wū xiàn | to frame, falsely accuse |
| 熨 | yù | to iron, to press |
| 变故 | biàn gù | unexpected event, mishap |
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