| 情非得已 |
qíng fēi dé yǐ |
compelled by the circumstances (to do sth) / (have) no other choice (but do sth) / (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love |
| 情 |
qíng |
(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion / (bound form) situation; condition |
| 非 |
Fēi |
abbr. for 非洲, Africa |
| 非 |
fēi |
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must |
| 非得 |
fēi děi |
(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) 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 |