不得已
bùdéyǐ
adjectiveHSK 7-9
“To act against one's will” in Chinese is 不得已 (bùdéyǐ).
Meaning
- to act against one's will
- to have no alternative but to
- to have to
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- to have no choice
- must
Example
这不是我们的错……大家都是逼不得已才这么做。
It wasn't our fault... We all had to do it.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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