不得已而为之
Traditional form:
不得已而為之
Pinyin (reading):
bùdéyǐ'érwéizhī
Definitions:
- to have no other choice
- to be the last resort
Characters:
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 已 - already; finished; to stop; then, afterwards
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
Traditional characters:
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 已 - already; finished; to stop; then, afterwards
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to