there was no alternative
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì ch ū w ú n à I, which means that things are out of helplessness. It's the last resort. It's from "surprise at the second moment: classmates admit the fake and make it true.".
The origin of Idioms
Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty wrote "surprise at the second moment, classmate's recognition of the false as the true": "now we are in a hurry to go to Beijing, but we are helpless."
Analysis of Idioms
From helplessness
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or adverbial; used in dealing with affairs
Examples
I have no choice but to deal with the money Although it does not cause the seller to dig up the property, it is also necessary to remove the clothes. The second chapter of Zhang Nanzhuang's he Dian in Qing Dynasty
there was no alternative
People are not saints, who can be faultless - rén fēi shèng xián,shú néng wú guò
unable to fly even with a pair of wings - chā chì nán táo