bù​dé​yǐ HSK7

have no choice

不得已 bù​dé​yǐ
have no choice adjective
to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to

I only asked to borrow money from you because I had no other choice.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
3.67 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
4.07 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT