萬不得已
wàn​bù​dé​yǐ

as a last resort

  • created sense approved 万不得已/萬不得已 · wàn​bù​dé​yǐ · as a last resort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    万不得已 / 萬不得已

    wàn​bù​dé​yǐ

    as a last resort

    only when absolutely essential; to have no other choice but to do something

    万 (literal) → 万/萬 · wàn · absolutely 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