不得已 bù déyǐ

bù déyǐ phrase have no choice but to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不得已'; Guoyu '不得已')

Also contained in

迫不得已不得已而为之不得已则斗万不得已

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 2 Bao Wang Sanmei Nian Fo Zhi Zhi 寶王三昧念佛直指 — count: 5
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 36 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples (Chanlin Baoxun) 禪林寶訓 — count: 2
  • Scroll 24 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 20 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 2
  • Scroll 3 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 2
  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 2
  • Scroll 7 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 事不得已 (事不得已) 事不得已 — Prince Mūka Sūtra (Taizi Mupo Jing) 太子慕魄經, Scroll 1 — count: 13
  • 师不得已 (師不得已) 師不得已遂行 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 6 — count: 10
  • 不得已而言 (不得已而言) 不得已而言之 — Nian Fo Sanmei Bao Wang Lun 念佛三昧寶王論, Scroll 1 — count: 8
  • 抑不得已 (抑不得已) 抑不得已 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 兵器不得已 (兵器不得已) 兵器不得已而用之 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 不得已便 (不得已便) 不得已便喚 — Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律, Scroll 36 — count: 4
  • 不得已遂 (不得已遂) 師不得已遂行 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 6 — count: 4
  • 盖不得已 (蓋不得已) 蓋不得已而已 — Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄, Scroll 22 — count: 4
  • 不得已耳 (不得已耳) 真不得已耳 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 26 — count: 3
  • 尼不得已 (尼不得已) 尼不得已 — Hong Zan Fa Hua Zhuan 弘贊法華傳, Scroll 10 — count: 3