Chinese–EnglishWith examples
逼
bī · bi
Traditional 偪
Meaning
CC-CEDICTbī 逼
- to force (sb to do sth)
- to compel
- to press for
- to extort
- to press on towards
- to press up to
- to close in on
- euphemistic variant of 屄
bī 偪
- variant of 逼
- to compel
- to pressure
In a sentence
2 examples01
我们被逼得走投无路了。
We were driven to the wall.
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02
你能把马带到河边，但不能逼它喝水。
You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
Tatoeba: Chinese by Aphima · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
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