我这是不得已而为之
“I had no other option.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“and the sect is severely short-handed.”
我 这是 不得已而为之
“I had no other option.”
那你也不能用无辜村民的命
“But you can't use innocent villagers' lives.”
“Stop judging me; my hands were tied and the survival of the sect came first.”
In Chinese moral philosophy, appealing to 'having no choice' often clashes with the fundamental virtue of 'Yi' (righteousness), especially when innocent lives are harmed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to act only out of absolute necessity / to have no alternative
A classic four-character idiom frequently used to defend controversial choices when cornered.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I had no choice.”
“I have no choice.”
“Given the situation back then, I really had no choice.”
“you had no choice but to end up like this.”
“Anyway, I have my reasons for hiring him.”
“out of desperation.”
“You were just forced into this.”
“Thus, I had no choice but to administer a minor punishment as a warning.”