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不得已

bù dé yǐ

B1 Level 5
Stative verb

不得已 (bù dé yǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to act against one's will”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  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

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Example

我是不得已才取消這次旅行的。

I had no choice but to cancel this trip.

Related words at this level

補充補課補習步道不妨不敢當不可思議不滿

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).