不得已
Traditional form:
不得已
Pinyin (reading):
bùdéyǐ
Definitions:
- to act against one's will
- to have no alternative but to
- to have to
- to have no choice
- must
Characters:
- 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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