不得已 bùdéyǐ HSK7 to have no choice Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不得 bùdé verb cannot cannot; to be unable to; often used in set phrases like 不得而知 bùdé'érzhī已 yǐ adjectiveadverb to stop (bound form) to stop; to cease; to end