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由
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Definitions
- 1. to follow
- 2. from
- 3. because of; due to
- 4. by; via; through
- 5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
Example Sentences
1 shown燈 由 紅變綠。
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Words Containing 由
can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
Cuba Libre
self-employed
from this, it can be seen that...
from prosperity to decline
without any reason
freedom of the press
free enterprise (in capitalist theory)
hereby
radical scavenger (chemistry)
free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
the road one must follow or take
academic freedom
to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek
main content
cannot help
free market
free port
personal name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启[míng tiān qǐ] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627
routing (in computer networks)
to develop love for sb out of pity for them
liberalism
to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)
can't help
libertarianism
thereby
Free Software Foundation
Liberal Party
free radical
it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy (idiom)
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
freestyle swimming
Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist
proper reason
can't help (doing sth)
freedom of speech
to submit to the will of heaven
free time (between organized activities)
freedom of the media
laissez-faire
you can't always do as you like
to follow a proven formula
freedom; liberty
indiscriminate
freedom of action
by means of
to allow no explanation
to proceed from the outside to the inside
realm of freedom (philosophy)
let (one) have his way
Liberal Democratic Party
freestyle (in sports)
Radio Free Asia
free-fall
easygoing
Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
routing protocol
fancy or simple according to sb's budget (idiom)
high points (of a document)
namely
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb)
free agency
travel organized by oneself rather than in a tour group
reason
give me liberty or give me death
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary
(law) deprivation of freedom
floor (gymnastics)
free trade
routing protocols
to be unable (to do sth)
to follow a narrow path
liberal
reason; cause
Statue of Liberty
reason
to let (sb do sth)
Statue of Liberty
devils are born in the heart (idiom)
Freeganism
the whys and the wherefores
free will
due to
liberalization
router (computing)
free jazz (music genre)
freediving; skin diving
free trade zone
lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest
heartfelt
(number of) degrees of freedom (physics and statistics)
hydroxyl radical
(constitutional) freedom of association
pretext
our mindset frames how we view the world
sufficient grounds (law)
main points of a case
reason
via
free and easy (idiom); carefree
European Free Trade Association
free enthalpy (thermodynamics)
free fall
origin