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  *由* | 由* | *由
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
HSK 3
reason / grounds / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because
HSK 3
freedom; liberty / free; unrestricted / CL: 種|种
HSK 2
(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
HSK 7-9
hereby / from this
HSK 5
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
can't help (doing sth)
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
origin
HSK 7-9
(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)
HSK 7-9
by means of; through; by
to allow no explanation
namely
free port
heartfelt / sincere / unfeigned
HSK 7-9
freedom of speech
main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter)
(number of) degrees of freedom (physics and statistics)
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
router (computing)
from this, it can be seen that...
HSK 7-9
cannot help / to be beyond control of
from prosperity to decline / at its peak before the decline
(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
HSK 7-9
floor (gymnastics)
reason; cause
free market
travel organized by oneself rather than in a tour group
via
freedom of the media
free trade zone / free trade area
Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
free radical
free will
devils are born in the heart (idiom) / fears originate in the mind
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
without any reason / for no reason
free trade
free enterprise (in capitalist theory)
our mindset frames how we view the world
by means of; through; by
indiscriminate
freestyle swimming
free agency
reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism)
Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist
freedom of the press
Radio Free Asia
liberalization / freeing (from sth)
fancy or simple according to one's budget
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) / to follow a proven formula
liberal
free-fall
Liberal Party
to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different
financial independence
academic freedom
liberalism
libertarianism
routing protocol
give me liberty or give me death
sufficient grounds (law)
freestyle (in sports)
to let (sb do sth) / to allow / regardless of
Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone (Tw)
Liberal Democratic Party
realm of freedom (philosophy)
freedom of action
yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)
(constitutional) freedom of association
main points of a case / brief / summary
(idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy
Statue of Liberty
freediving; skin diving
Statue of Liberty
routing (in computer networks)
pretext / excuse / justification / reason
free time (between organized activities)
free enthalpy (thermodynamics) / Gibbs free energy
financial independence
high points (of a document) / resume
self-employed / profession
free fall
let (one) have his way / as (one) pleases / at (one's) will
Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
proper reason / reasonable grounds
laissez-faire
reason / cause
Libreville, capital of Gabon (Tw)
Freeganism
European Free Trade Association
the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause
radical scavenger (chemistry)

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