不得不

bù dé bù

A2 Level 4 ★ Core word
Adverb

Definition

  1. have no choice or option but to
  2. cannot but
  3. have to
  4. can't help it
  5. can't avoid

Stroke order

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Example

下大雨了,我們不得不取消這次活動。

It's raining hard, so we had to cancel the event.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).