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不由得

bù yóu de

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

不由得 (bù yóu de) means "can't help; cannot but". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 不由得 means

1. can't help
2. cannot but

The characters in 不由得

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 由yóuto follow; from; because of; due to
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…

Where 不由得 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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