bù​dé​bù HSK3

must

不得不 bù​dé​bù
must adverb
to have no choice or option but to; to be compelled by circumstances to act or acknowledge something; cannot but

Faced with the facts, he had no choice but to admit he was wrong.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
82.2 per million appears in 30% of films
Written text
60.5 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT