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迫bik1於jyu1無mou4奈noi6

bik1 jyu1 mou4 noi6pò yú wú nàiinferred

English

  1. to have no choice but to do something; to be forced to do something due to circumstances out of one's control; to turn to a last resort

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指一個人為形勢所限制,冇其他選擇、無計可施嘅情況下,只能不情不願做某事

Examples

  • 以前好多家庭都因為太窮,逼於無奈要賣咗個仔。

    In the olden days, many families were so poor that they had to resort to selling their sons.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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