迫不得已 — Chinese idiom
迫不得已
pò bù dé yǐ
Meaning
- to have no alternative ; compelled by circumstances
- forced into sth
Character by character
- 迫pòto compel, to force; pressing, urgent
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterwards
Idioms sharing a character
- 贫病交迫 pín bìng jiāo pò
- 迫不及待 pò bù jí dài
- 迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié
- 饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
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