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Pīnyīn
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HSK
can't help (doing sth)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
by means of; through; by
namely
freedom of speech
main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter)
reason; cause
via
freedom of the media
freedom; liberty / free; unrestricted / CL: 種|种
HSK 2
without any reason / for no reason
by means of; through; by
indiscriminate
reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism)
freedom of the press
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
financial independence
academic freedom
to let (sb do sth) / to allow / regardless of
freedom of action
(constitutional) freedom of association
main points of a case / brief / summary
routing (in computer networks)
financial independence
high points (of a document) / resume
proper reason / reasonable grounds
reason / cause
the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause
to be unable (to do sth) / no reason to ... / without rhyme or reason
variant of 緣由|缘由


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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