have no choice but to
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ì B ù D é y ǐ, which means that there must be no way to stop. It means that the situation makes it necessary to do so. From Yan Yuan, Analects of Confucius.
The origin of Idioms
Yan Yuan, Analects of Confucius: "Zi Gong asked about politics. Confucius said: "enough food, enough soldiers, people's trust." Zi Gong said, "I have to go. What's the first of the three?" He said, "go to the army."
Idiom usage
Example the power of cloth is to change the mind. If you have to fight against it, you should fight against it and fight against it. On emperor Shizu's conferring unjust marquis by Quan Deyu in Tang Dynasty
have no choice but to
spilled water cannot be gathered up - fù shuǐ nán shōu
hundred generations of root and branches - běn zhī bǒi shì
barter the trunk for the branches - qù běn jiù mò
Dare not cross the thunder pool - bù gǎn yuè léi chí yī bù
pay too much respect to one 's superiors and despise those who are of lower ranks - chǎn shàng ào xià