勉为其难

勉為其難

miǎnwéi-qínán

idiom #39,431

Meanings

HSK 5

大家都推他当主持人，他只好勉为其难。

Dàjiā dōu tuī tā dāng zhǔchírén, tā zhǐhǎo miǎnwéi-qínán.

Everyone pushed him to be the MC, so he reluctantly took it on.

HSK 7-9

我不擅长唱歌，今天就勉为其难献丑了。

Wǒ bú shàncháng chànggē, jīntiān jiù miǎnwéi-qínán xiànchǒu le.

I'm not good at singing; I'll do my unworthy best today.

Often a polite self-deprecation when agreeing to do something - signals 'I'm not really up to this, but I'll try.'

勉 miǎn

为 wéi

其 qí

难 nán