不得已(bù dé yǐ): to act against one's will
HSK 7-93 characters
to act against one's will
Character breakdown
3 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- bù dé yǐ
- Meaning
- to act against one's will
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Characters
- 3
- Traditional
- Same
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 不得已 — tap one to open its word page.
yī一bù不xiǎo小xīn心
HSK 7-9to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
yī一dòng动bù不dòng动
HSK 7-9motionless
yī一chéng成bù不biàn变
HSK 7-9(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
yī一máo毛bù不bá拔
HSK 7-9(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom)
yī一shēng声bù不kēng吭
HSK 7-9to not say a word
yī一yán言bù不fā发
HSK 7-9to not say a word (idiom)
yī一dīng丁bù不shí识
(idiom) illiterate
yī一jiè介bù不qǔ取
to not even take a penny (as a bribe)
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