情非得已

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
trad. (情非得已)		情	非	得	已
simp. #(情非得已)		情	非	得	已

Etymology

From Flowers in the Mirror [circa 19th century].

適才躲避桌下，自知失儀露醜，實系情非得已，諸位姐姐莫要發笑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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适才躲避桌下，自知失仪露丑，实系情非得已，诸位姐姐莫要发笑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Jing Hua Yuan

Shìcái duǒbì zhuō xià, zìzhī shī yí lù chǒu, shí xì qíngfēidéyǐ, zhūwèi jiějiě mò yào fāxiào. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngfēidéyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄟ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ fei¹ dak¹ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngfēidéyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄟ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngfeidéyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-fei¹-tê²-i³
    • Yale: chíng-fēi-dé-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngfeideryii
    • Palladius: цинфэйдэи (cinfɛjdɛi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ fei¹ dak¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: chìhng fēi dāk yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ fei¹ dak⁷ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ féi¹ deg¹ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³/

Idiom

情非得已

1. to have circumstances beyond one's control