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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

由yóu

to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

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由于yóu yú

due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because

自由zì yóu

freedom / liberty / free / unrestricted

理由lǐ yóu

reason / grounds / justification / CL:個|个[gè]

由此yóu cǐ

hereby / from this

由衷yóu zhōng

heartfelt / sincere / unfeigned

由来yóu lái

origin

任由rèn yóu

to let (sb do sth) / to allow / regardless of

缘由yuán yóu

reason / cause

不由自主bù yóu zì zhǔ

(idiom) can't help but / involuntarily

自由自在zì yóu zì zài

free and easy (idiom) / carefree / leisurely

身不由己shēn bù yóu jǐ

(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control / unable to do anything about it / (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)

自由主义zì yóu zhǔ yì

liberalism

听天由命tīng tiān yóu mìng

(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven / to resign oneself to fate / to trust to luck

经由jīng yóu

via

咎由自取jiù yóu zì qǔ

(idiom) to have only oneself to blame / to bring trouble through one's own actions

不由bù yóu

can't help (doing sth)

路由器lù yóu qì

router (computing)

自由党zì yóu dǎng

Liberal Party

自由职业者zì yóu zhí yè zhě

self-employed professional / independent practitioner

自由式zì yóu shì

freestyle (in sports)

言不由衷yán bù yóu zhōng

to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different

来由lái yóu

reason / cause

自由泳zì yóu yǒng

freestyle swimming

不由得bù yóu de

can't help / cannot but

自由体操zì yóu tǐ cāo

floor (gymnastics)

由不得yóu bu de

cannot help / to be beyond control of

由俭入奢易,由奢入俭难yóu jiǎn rù shē yì , yóu shē rù jiǎn nán

(idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance / the reverse is not so easy

由径yóu jìng

to follow a narrow path

由怜生爱yóu lián shēng ài

to develop love for sb out of pity for them

由旬yóu xún

yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)

由此可见yóu cǐ kě jiàn

from this, it can be seen that...

由此看来yóu cǐ kàn lái

thereby / judging from this

由盛转衰yóu shèng zhuǎn shuāi

from prosperity to decline / at its peak before the decline

由着yóu zhe

let (one) have his way / as (one) pleases / at (one's) will

由表及里yóu biǎo jí lǐ

to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance

由头yóu tou

pretext / excuse / justification / reason

不分情由bù fēn qíng yóu

indiscriminate

不由分说bù yóu fēn shuō

to allow no explanation

不自由,毋宁死bù zì yóu , wú nìng sǐ

give me liberty or give me death

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