不由得 (bù yóu de) — (adverb) cannot help but, involuntarily; (pattern, verb) it's inevitable / one has to (in 不由得 someone +不...)
Definition
不由得 describes an involuntary reaction — 'can't help but' — to something just seen, heard, or felt. Closer in meaning to 不禁 and 不由自主 than to 不得不, which expresses compulsion rather than spontaneous emotion.
adverb
cannot help butinvoluntarily
verb
(pattern, verb) it's inevitable / one has to (in 不由得 someone +不...)
Examples
- ，不由得。Kàn dào tā de biǎo yǎn, dà jiā bù yóu de xiào le qǐ lái.Seeing his performance, everyone couldn't help laughing.
- ，不由得。Tā shuō dé tài hǎo le, tīng zhòng bù yóu de gǔ qǐ zhǎng lái.He spoke so well that the audience couldn't help applauding.
- ，不由得。Huà dōu shuō dào le zhè ge fèn shàng, wǒ bù yóu de bú xìn.Since everything has been said to this extent, I can't help but believe it.
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