不得已

bù dé yǐ

B1 Level 5

Stative verb

Definition

to act against one's will
to have no alternative but to
to have to
to have no choice
must

Stroke order

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Example

我是不得已才取消這次旅行的。

I had no choice but to cancel this trip.

Related words at this level

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).