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不得已 bùdéyǐ

不得已 bùdéyǐ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 不得已 bùdéyǐ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bùdéyǐ | bu4 de2 yi3
English translation
to act against one's will
to have no alternative but to
to have to
to have no choice
must

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Traditional form

不得已 bùdéyǐ

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 不得已 bùdéyǐ

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally written as . Depicts a hand ( cùn ) grabbing a shell ( bèi ), used as currency in ancient China, to convey the meaning "get". The chì (movement) component was added later.

Positional decomposition

chì 旦寸

Number of Strokes

11

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

3

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Example sentences using 不得已 bùdéyǐ

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实在 shízài shì 不得已而为之 bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī ya . ”

" I was simply put where I didn't know what else to do. "

除非 chúfēi 不得已 bùdéyǐ , páo dào 外面 wài miàn lín jiù shì 愚蠢 yúchǔn .

It's silly to get out in the rain if you don't have to.

měi 便士 biàn shì dōu 那么 nà me nán zhēng , 对于 duìyú 每个先令 xiān lìng , dōu shì dào 不得已 bùdéyǐ shí cái Huā diào .

Every penny was hard earned, and every shilling was kept until I had to spend it.

只有 zhǐyǒu zài 万不得已 wàn bù dé yǐ de 情况 qíngkuàng 下才允许 yǔnxǔ 使用 shǐyòng 抗生素 kàng shēng sù

The use of antibiotics is permitted only in extremis.

他们 tā men 不得已 bùdéyǐ mǎi le 顶层楼 zuò de 廉价 lián jià piào

They had been forced to find cheap tickets in the gallery.

不得已 bùdéyǐ Decomposition

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不得已 bùdéyǐ Compounds

See all 54 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 不得已 bùdéyǐ in their composition.

    • fǒu
      • , , , , , ,
      • pēi , pēi , , , , pēi , , , piě , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Huán , huài , bēi , 怀 Huái , Huán , wāi , nāo , béng , , , , piān , pēi , póu , fóu , , , , , biáo , , bēi , , , , , ,
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