「人在江湖，身不由己」
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| Pronunciation： | jan4 zoi6 gong1 wu4 san1 bat1 jau4 gei2 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 在 to be present; to exist; at; to depend on; to rest with 江 big river 湖 lake 身 body; count; life; oneself; point of view 不 no; negator; not 由 from; by; to allow; reason; cause; factor; through 己 oneself; one's own; self |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
a saying which implies that one's life is bound by rules, that one does not have freedom to act
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