勉为其难

勉為其難

miǎnwéiqínán

idiom #39,431

Meanings

Dàjiā dōu tuī tā dāng zhǔchírén, tā zhǐhǎo miǎn wéi qí nán.

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

Wǒ bú shàncháng chànggē, jīntiān jiù miǎn wéi qí nán 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 wèi

其 qí

难 nán