Read Edit View history 由不得 yóubude to be beyond control Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 由不得 yóubude (also yóubùdé) to be beyond control To be out of one's hands or beyond one's control; to not allow someone to have their way. Edit Delete 由不得 yóubude (also yóubùdé) cannot help Used as an adverb to mean cannot help but or involuntarily. Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 由不得/由不得 → 不由得/不由得 Edit Delete same_as 不由人/不由人 → 由不得/由不得 Edit Delete
由不得 yóubude (also yóubùdé) to be beyond control To be out of one's hands or beyond one's control; to not allow someone to have their way. Edit Delete
由不得 yóubude (also yóubùdé) cannot help Used as an adverb to mean cannot help but or involuntarily. Edit Delete