别无选择

別無選擇

biéwú xuǎnzé

phrase #2,873

Meanings

1 to have no choice
2 no alternative

Characters

to choose; select

to pick; select

Examples

我们别无选择，只能接受。

Wǒmen biéwú xuǎnzé, zhǐnéng jiēshòu.

We have no choice but to accept.

他别无选择地签了合同。

Tā biéwú xuǎnzé de qiān le hétong.

He had no choice but to sign the contract.

Tips

grammar

别无 means 'there is no other.' It appears in other set phrases like 别无他法 (no other way).

memory

别 (other) + 无 (without) + 选择 (choice) — without other choices.

Stroke Order

别 bié

无 wú

选 xuǎn

择 zé