不得已而为之

Traditional: 不得已而為之

bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī

Dictionary entry

to have no other choice

What does 不得已而为之 mean?

不得已而为之 (bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to have no other choice

2to be the last resort

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-得déto obtain · to get 已yǐalready · to stop 而érand · as well as 为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him

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不得已而为之

bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī

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