Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

自主

zìzhǔ

ㄗˋ ㄓㄨˇ

  1. 1to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
Example

總統不由自主地笑了起來。

zǒngtǒng bùyóuzìzhǔ de xiào le qilai

The president laughed in spite of himself.

Keep 自主 and it comes back until you know it.

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