pò bù dé yǐ

迫不得已 (pò bù dé yǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances; forced into sth”.

Meanings

  1. 1to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances
  2. 2forced into sth

Characters in 迫不得已

迫pǎi · used in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pai3 ji1 pao4]不bù · no; not so得dé · to obtain已yǐ · already

Related words

不no; not so得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to已经already觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...不过only不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon不错correct记得to remember

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