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不得已

bù dé yǐ

HSK 6 3-character word

What 不得已 means

1. to act against one's will
2. to have no alternative but to
3. to have to
4. to have no choice
5. must

The characters in 不得已

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 已yǐalready; to stop; then

Words starting with 不得已

• 不得已而为之bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhīto have no other choice; to be the last resort

Words containing 不得已

• 迫不得已pò bù dé yǐto have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances; forced into sth
• 万不得已wàn bù dé yǐonly when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort