「身不由己」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: san1 bat1 jau4 gei2
Individual
Character Meaning:
身 body; life; oneself; point of view; counter for body
不 no; negator; not
由 from; by; to allow; reason; cause; factor; through
己 oneself; one's own; self
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
to do something involuntarily; to do something not of one's own free will
(Cant.) 人jan4在zoi6江gong1湖wu4,身san1不bat1由jau4己gei2。
(Eng.) One must do things he doesn't want to do in the underworld.
See also: 瀨尿
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