"迫不得已" meaning in Chinese

See 迫不得已 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /pɪk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 迫不得已
  1. being forced to; not having a choice Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 逼不得已
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "迫不得已",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "being forced to; not having a choice"
      ],
      "id": "en-迫不得已-zh-phrase-xGVtw6xd",
      "links": [
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "逼不得已"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pòbùdéyǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pòbùdéyǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pòbùdéyǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pʻo⁴-pu⁴-tê²-i³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pwò-bù-dé-yǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pohbuderyii"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pobudɛi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "побудэи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīk bāt dāk yíh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik⁷ bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "big¹ bed¹ deg¹ yi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "迫不得已"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "迫不得已",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 已",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 得",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 迫",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "being forced to; not having a choice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pòbùdéyǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pòbùdéyǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pòbùdéyǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pʻo⁴-pu⁴-tê²-i³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pwò-bù-dé-yǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pohbuderyii"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pobudɛi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "побудэи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik¹ bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīk bāt dāk yíh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bik⁷ bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "big¹ bed¹ deg¹ yi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɪk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau",
        "Standard-Cantonese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "逼不得已"
    }
  ],
  "word": "迫不得已"
}

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