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- to follow
- from
- because of; due to
- by; via; through
- (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- main content
- matter
- work
- origin of an incident
- cause
- purpose
- subject (of business letter)
- to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb)
- to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
Trad. 無由
- to be unable (to do sth)
- no reason to ...
- without rhyme or reason
- personal name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启[Ming2 Tian1 qi3] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627
- to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek
- saying one thing but meaning sth different
Trad. 結社自由
- (constitutional) freedom of association
- devils are born in the heart (idiom)
- fears originate in the mind
Trad. 行不由徑
- lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest
Trad. 豐儉由人
- fancy or simple according to one's budget
Trad. 由憐生愛
- to develop love for sb out of pity for them
Trad. 由此可見
- from this, it can be seen that...
Trad. 由盛轉衰
- from prosperity to decline
- at its peak before the decline
Trad. 由表及裡
- to proceed from the outside to the inside
- to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
- (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)
Trad. 自由中國
- Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
Trad. 自由企業
- free enterprise (in capitalist theory)
- (idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
Trad. 自由活動
- free time (between organized activities)
Trad. 自由軟件
- free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
Trad. 聽天由命
- (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
Trad. 率由舊章
- to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom)
- to follow a proven formula
Trad. 鳩山由紀夫
- Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
Trad. 自由民主黨
- Liberal Democratic Party
Trad. 自由爵士樂
- free jazz (music genre)
Trad. 自由貿易區
- free trade zone
- free trade area
- Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist
Trad. 三島由紀夫
- Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
Trad. 自由亞洲電台
- Radio Free Asia
Trad. 自由基清除劑
- radical scavenger (chemistry)
Trad. 自由意志主義
- libertarianism
Trad. 自由素食主義
- Freeganism
Trad. 自由軟件基金會
- Free Software Foundation
Trad. 不自由，毋寧死
- give me liberty or give me death
Trad. 歐洲自由貿易聯盟
- European Free Trade Association
- (proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world