Character breakdown
3 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 不得不 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 不得不 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他们不得不后撤。
tā men bù dé bù hòu chè
They had no alternative but to retreat.
我们也不得不做
wǒ men yě bù dé bù zuò
We'll have to do that, too.
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