逼不得已
bī​bù​dé​yǐ

to have no choice

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

    逼不得已

    bī​bù​dé​yǐ

    to have no choice

    To be forced by circumstances to do something against one's will; to have no alternative but to act in a certain way.

    逼 (literal) → 逼 · bī · to force 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