不得已
bù​dé​yǐ HSK7

to have no choice

  • created sense approved 不得已 · bù​dé​yǐ · to have no choice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不得已

    bù​dé​yǐ

    to have no choice

    to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to do something

    不得 (literal) → 不得 · bù​dé · cannot 已 (literal) → 已 · yǐ · to stop

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

    created sense