bù dé yǐ
不得已 (bù dé yǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to”.
Meanings
- 1to act against one's will
- 2to have no alternative but to
- 3to have to
- 4to have no choice
- 5must
- Part of speech
- adjective
Characters in 不得已
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