身不由己
shēn​bù​yóu​jǐ HSK7

involuntary

身不由己 shēn​bù​yóu​jǐ
involuntary idiom
Beyond one's control; unable to do as one wishes due to circumstances; acting in spite of oneself.

他也是身不由己，才做出这个艰难的决定。

tā yě shì shēn​bù​yóu​jǐ, cái zuò​chū zhè​gè jiān​nán de jué​dìng.

He was compelled to make this difficult decision.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1.43 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.68 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)