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不得已而为之

不得已而為之

bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī

to have no other choice

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不bù · (negative prefix), not, no

›得dé · need, must, have to, be sure to›已yǐ · already, afterwards›而ér · and, as well as, and so, but (not)

›为wéi · (preposition)›之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)