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.]

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 ㄈㄟㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ fei¹ dak¹ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíngfēidéyǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄟㄉㄜˊ 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

to have circumstances beyond one's control

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