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freedom; liberty / free; unrestricted / CL: 種|种
HSK 2
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  *由* | 由* | *由
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
HSK 3
due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because
HSK 3
reason / grounds / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
hereby / from this
HSK 5
origin
HSK 7-9
free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
HSK 7-9
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
heartfelt / sincere / unfeigned
HSK 7-9
(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
HSK 7-9
from this, it can be seen that...
HSK 7-9
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)
HSK 7-9
can't help (doing sth)
router (computing)
via
main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter)
reason / cause
laissez-faire
freedom of speech
(number of) degrees of freedom (physics and statistics)
liberalism
pretext / excuse / justification / reason
free trade
liberalization / freeing (from sth)
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
reason; cause
free-fall
Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
without any reason / for no reason
to be unable (to do sth) / no reason to ... / without rhyme or reason
freedom of the press
easygoing / lax / unconstrained / unruly
freestyle swimming
free port
Libreville, capital of Gabon (Tw)
floor (gymnastics)
academic freedom
free trade zone / free trade area
free market
(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
free will
to allow no explanation
cannot help / to be beyond control of
yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)
Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone (Tw)
to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism)
free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
(law) deprivation of freedom
to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) / to follow a proven formula
routing (in computer networks)
self-employed / profession
lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest
(constitutional) freedom of association
Cuba Libre
(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different
main points of a case / brief / summary
realm of freedom (philosophy)
variant of 緣由|缘由
high points (of a document) / resume
Liberal Party
travel organized by oneself rather than in a tour group
the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause
sufficient grounds (law)
give me liberty or give me death
freestyle (in sports)
Radio Free Asia
our mindset frames how we view the world
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
liberal
namely
Statue of Liberty
Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist
proper reason / reasonable grounds
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
to let (sb do sth) / to allow / regardless of
free enterprise (in capitalist theory)
free radical
freediving; skin diving
free jazz (music genre)
Free Software Foundation
fancy or simple according to one's budget
Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
indiscriminate
freedom of the media
personal name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启 (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627
European Free Trade Association
(idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy
to follow a narrow path
to develop love for sb out of pity for them
from prosperity to decline / at its peak before the decline
let (one) have his way / as (one) pleases / at (one's) will
hydroxyl radical
radical scavenger (chemistry)
Statue of Liberty
libertarianism
Liberal Democratic Party

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