万不得已
Traditional form:
萬不得已
Pinyin (reading):
wànbùdéyǐ
Definitions:
- only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort
Characters:
- 万 - ten thousand; innumerable
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 已 - already; finished; to stop; then, afterwards
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