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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 事不由己

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - - 72,924

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shì- matter
- thing
- item
- work
- affair
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
yóu- to follow
- from
- because of; due to
- by; via; through
- (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- self
- oneself
- sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- sixth in order
- letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- hexa

Other Words Containing 事不由己

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo