Dictionary/不得已

不得已

不得已 bù dé yǐ

ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ
AdjHSK 7-9TOCFL L4core 10k
1to act against one's will
2to have no alternative but to
3to have to
4to have no choice
5must

Characters

不得已

Example

zhè这bú不shì是wǒ men我们de的cuò错……dà jiā大家dōu都shì是bī逼bù dé yǐ不得已cái才zhè me这么zuò做。
这不是我们的错……大家都是逼不得已才这么做。
It wasn't our fault... We all had to do it.

More words starting with 不

不bù不用bùyòng不大bù dà不对bùduì不客气bù kèqì不错bùcuò不过bùguò不但bùdàn