Dictionary › 不得不
不得不
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What 不得不 means
- have no choice or option but to
- cannot but
- have to
- can't help it
- can't avoid
The characters in 不得不
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
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