# 不得已 (bùdéyǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不得已 (bùdéyǐ) means “to have no choice; forced to”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to have no choice; forced to
- Pinyin: bùdéyǐ (bu4 de2 yi3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 雨太大了，我们不得已取消了行程。
  Yǔ tài dàle, wǒmen bùdéyǐ qǔxiāole xíngchéng.
  The rain was too heavy, so we had no choice but to cancel the trip.

## Characters

- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker
- [已](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-already/) (yǐ): already; to stop

https://hanziro.com/word/bu-de-yi-have-no-choice/

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