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All HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 words

不得已

bùdéyǐ

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 HSK 2.0 · Level 6

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.

to have no choice
forced to

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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.

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