身不由己
shēn​bù​yóu​jǐ HSK7

involuntarily

  • created sense approved 身不由己 · shēn​bù​yóu​jǐ · involuntarily — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    身不由己

    shēn​bù​yóu​jǐ

    involuntarily

    (idiom) unable to do as one wishes due to circumstances beyond one's control; having no choice in how to act

    身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · body 不由 (literal) → 不由 · bù​yóu · can't help 己 (literal) → 己 · jǐ · self

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense