不得已
不得已
bù dé yǐ
to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice
HSK 6verb
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Definitions
- (verb) to act against one's will
- to have no alternative but to
- to have to
- to have no choice
- must
Example Sentences
这是不得已的选择。
Zhè shì bùdéyǐ de xuǎnzé
This is a choice made under compulsion
Related Words
选择(xuǎn zé)— to select
→选项(xuǎn xiàng)— to make a choice (between several alternatives)
→一二八事变(Yī Èr bā Shì biàn)— Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
→一夫当关，万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)— one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
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