迫不得已

pò bù dé yǐ

Dictionary entry

to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances

What does 迫不得已 mean?

迫不得已 (pò bù dé yǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances

2forced into sth

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迫pòvariant of 迫[po4] · to persecute 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-得déto obtain · to get 已yǐalready · to stop

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pò bù dé yǐ

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