粵

不bat1得dak1已ji5

bat1 dak1 ji5bù dé yǐ

English

  1. to act against one's will
  2. to be compelled to; to have no choice but to
  3. to have no alternative but to
  4. to have to
  5. to have no choice
  6. must

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 被迫;冇辦法唔咁做

Examples

  • 佢哋離婚,都係不得已㗎咋!

    They got divorced but they had no choice.

  • 我係不得已先至嚟揾你幫手啫。

    I came to ask you for help because I had no choice.

  • 这不是我们的错……大家都是逼不得已才这么做。

    It wasn't our fault... We all had to do it.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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