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- to act against one's will
- to have no alternative but to
- to have to
- to have no choice
- must
Trad. 誅求無已
- to make endless exorbitant demands
Trad. 方寸已亂
- (idiom) confused
- troubled
- bewildered
Trad. 不為已甚
- refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment
- not be too hard on subject
Trad. 已見分曉
- the result becomes apparent
- (after) the dust has settled
Trad. 死而後已
- until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life
- unto one's dying day
Trad. 方興未已
- flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
- still growing strong
- on the up
- to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances
- forced into sth
- lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)
- fig. what is done cannot be undone
Trad. 萬不得已
- only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort
Trad. 有增無已
- constantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions
Trad. 讚嘆不已
- (idiom) to be full of praise and admiration; to marvel endlessly; to be in awe
- 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
- lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
- fig. what is done cannot be undone
Trad. 僅此而已
- that's all; just this and nothing more
- unable to control oneself
- to be beside oneself
Trad. 難以自已
- cannot control oneself (idiom)
- to be beside oneself
Trad. 纏綿不已
- to cling without letting go
- to pester without end
- to cling lovingly to each other
- the years have already gone by; to be too old
- one talented person is enough for the job (idiom)
Trad. 不得已而為之
- to have no other choice
- to be the last resort
Trad. 鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已
- to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life
- with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day