必不得已
bì​bù​dé​yǐ

to have no alternative

  • created reference approved 必不得已 → 万不得已/萬不得已 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    必不得已 bì​bù​dé​yǐ

    万不得已 / 萬不得已 wàn​bù​dé​yǐ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

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

    必不得已

    bì​bù​dé​yǐ

    to have no alternative

    to have absolutely no choice but to do something; to be forced by circumstances

    bì​bu​dé​yǐ

    必 (literal) → 必 · bì · certainly 不得已 (literal) → 不得已 · bù​dé​yǐ · to have no choice

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

    created sense