不由

can't help (doing sth)

Characters and words in 不由

(negative prefix) / not / no

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴, a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.

Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

Words with 不由

can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary / not of one's own volition / in spite of oneself
to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different
can't help / cannot but
Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist
you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest

Sentences with 不由

不由 currently does not appear in any sentence.