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


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