| 不得已而为之 |
bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī |
to have no other choice / to be the last resort |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不得 |
bù dé |
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot |
| 不得已 |
bù dé yǐ |
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must |
| 得 |
dé |
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished |
| 得 |
dè |
used in 得瑟 |
| 得 |
de |
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 得 |
děi |
to have to / must / ought to / to need to |
| 已 |
yǐ |
already / (bound form) to stop; to cease; to end / (literary) thereafter; afterward / (literary) too; excessively |
| 而 |
ér |
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 为 |
wéi |
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 |
wèi |
because of / for / to |
| 为 |
wéi |
variant of 为 |
| 为 |
wèi |
variant of 为 |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |