不得已而为之
bù​dé​yǐ'ér​wéi​zhī

to have no other choice

  • created sense approved 不得已而为之/不得已而為之 · bù​dé​yǐ'ér​wéi​zhī · to have no other choice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不得已而为之 / 不得已而為之

    bù​dé​yǐ'ér​wéi​zhī

    to have no other choice

    to do something because there is no other way out; to be forced into an action as a last resort

    不得已 (literal) → 不得已 · bù​dé​yǐ · to have no choice 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to do 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense