迫不得已
bik1 bat1 dak1 ji5pò bù dé yǐ
English
- to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances
- forced into sth
- to have no choice but to do something; to be forced to do something due to outside circumstances; to turn to a last resort
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指一個人為形勢所限制,冇其他選擇下,不情不願做某事
Examples
我等住啲錢救急,迫不得已先問你借嘅啫。
I need the money urgently. I have no other options but to ask you to lend me it.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk