時勢所迫

Chinese

		current situation; time	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	to force; to compel; pressing to force; to compel; pressing; urgent
trad. (時勢所迫)		時勢	所	迫
simp. (时势所迫)		时势	所	迫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíshìsuǒpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄕˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄆㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíshìsuǒpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄕˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhshìhsuǒpò
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-shih⁴-so³-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-shr̀-swǒ-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrshyhsuoopoh
    • Palladius: шишисопо (šišisopo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Idiom

時勢所迫

1. to be forced by circumstances to do something one is unwilling to do