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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">由</span> (<span class="pinyin">yóu</span>) is used to emphasize who is the doer or initiator of an action, a bit like in English where we might say: "Andy ''<b>is the one who....</b>"</p>
<h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
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<div class="deux">Topic + <span class="hanzist">由</span> + Person + Verb</div>
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<li><span class="hanzi">这 件 事 由 我 负责。</span> <span class="trans">I am responsible for this.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">这 是 由 他 决定 的，你 就别 干涉 了。</span> <span class="trans">This is for him to decide, don't meddle.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">太 悲剧 了，会议 由 王总 主持，肯定 会 很 无聊！</span> <span class="trans">Oh no. This meeting is being led by the head manager. It's definitely going to be boring.</span></li>
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<p>Note that <span class="hanzi">由</span> not a passive marker.</p>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li><a href=""Due_to%E2%80%A6"_with_"youyu"" title="wikilink">"Due to…" with "youyu"</a></li>
<li><a href="Adding_emphasis_with_"jiushi"" title="wikilink">Adding emphasis with "jiushi"</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
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<li>Boya Chinese Lower Intermediate 2 (<span class="hanzi">博雅汉语准中级加速篇</span>) (pp. 111) </li>
<li><span class="hanzi">卓越汉语－公司实战篇</span> (p. 245) </li>
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