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情非得已

Mandarin · pinyin 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

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情: qíng · feeling, sentiment, emotion
非: fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
得: dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
已: yǐ · already; finished; stop

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2–1–2–3 · qing2 fei1 de2 yi3

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(idiomatic) to have circumstances beyond one's control

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